Music: Kevin Moore/Taj Mahal/Gary Nicholson
How da' weather in the country
How da' weather down south
How da' weather in the delta
How the food taste in yo' mouth
Butter beans and cornbread, Grits and greens
Candy yams and black-eyed peas
If you're going to Mississippi
Where that delta sky is sweet and clear
I'm stuck here in Chicago
Please don't leave me here
~
When you see Ludella
Tell her HEY for me
Last time I saw her, It was in my dream
She's the sweetest thing under the sun
When I think about some lovin'
She's still the ONE
Now if you're going to Mississippi
Where that delta sky is sweet and clear
I'm stuck here in Chicago
Please don't leave me here
~
What they doin' in Vicksburg down in Aberdeen
They got more fine big legged women any one man ever seen
What they doin' in Jackson and little old Itta Bean
I ain't been to Clarksdale since 1963
Cause if you're going to Mississippi
Where that delta sky is sweet and clear
I'm stuck here in Chicago
Please don't leave me here
~
How da' weather in the delta
Sure cold up here
Baby run off and left me late last year
It was just before Christmas
Deep Deep snow on the ground
Came home later in the evening
She done tore my playhouse down
So if you're going to Mississippi
Where that delta sky is sweet and clear
I'm stuck here in Chicago
Please don't leave me here
Please don't leave
Please don't leave me here
Please don't leave
Please don't leave me here
Please don't leave me here
Please don't leave me
Please don't leave me here
Please don't leave me
Please don't leave me here
Please don't leave