Music : Kevin Moore/Taj Mahal/Gary Nicholson
[0:21.360]How da' weather in the country
[0:23.770]How da' weather down south
[0:26.300]How da' weather in the delta
[0:28.150]How the food taste in yo' mouth
[0:31.580]Butter beans and cornbread, Grits and greens
[0:36.350]Candy yams and black-eyed peas
[0:40.620]If you're going to Mississippi
[0:45.570]Where that delta sky is sweet and clear
[0:52.640]I'm stuck here in Chicago
[0:56.810]Please don't leave me here
[0:59.780]~
[1:04.110]When you see Ludella
[1:05.940]Tell her HEY for me
[1:09.390]Last time I saw her, It was in my dream
[1:14.400]She's the sweetest thing under the sun
[1:18.600]When I think about some lovin'
[1:21.480]She's still the ONE
[1:23.720]Now if you're going to Mississippi
[1:28.760]Where that delta sky is sweet and clear
[1:36.120]I'm stuck here in Chicago
[1:40.300]Please don't leave me here
[1:43.600]~
[1:47.270]What they doin' in Vicksburg down in Aberdeen
[1:51.970]They got more fine big legged women any one man ever seen
[1:56.950]What they doin' in Jackson and little old Itta Bean
[2:02.360]I ain't been to Clarksdale since 1963
[2:06.100]Cause if you're going to Mississippi
[2:11.690]Where that delta sky is sweet and clear
[2:19.130]I'm stuck here in Chicago
[2:22.620]Please don't leave me here
[2:25.670]~
[3:12.950]How da' weather in the delta
[3:14.810]Sure cold up here
[3:18.130]Baby run off and left me late last year
[3:22.360]It was just before Christmas
[3:25.050]Deep Deep snow on the ground
[3:27.500]Came home later in the evening
[3:30.190]She done tore my playhouse down
[3:32.350]So if you're going to Mississippi
[3:37.590]Where that delta sky is sweet and clear
[3:45.110]I'm stuck here in Chicago
[3:48.690]Please don't leave me here
[3:55.250]Please don't leave
[3:59.020]Please don't leave me here
[4:05.480]Please don't leave
[4:09.710]Please don't leave me here
[4:19.390]Please don't leave me here
[4:24.840]Please don't leave me
[4:29.910]Please don't leave me here
[4:34.910]Please don't leave me
[4:40.030]Please don't leave me here
[4:45.240]Please don't leave