[Verse 1]
Even though the weight was heavy
I was happy on the levee
Wanna take my ride for place
In the Mississippi Basin back home, why did I roam?

[Verse 2]
Everybody was for me there
All the folks work on and free there
Used to love to wash my face
In that Mississippi Basin back home

[Bridge]
There goes summer land
That's the song I'm singing all day
Even something, baby
Why did I leave you, why did I go away

[Verse 3]
Soon I'm gonna make a bee line
But an old place for me line
Way across the Mason Dixon
That Mississippi Basin back home