on a coal -burning paddle wheel
He told the captain she'd been the cause of
all the trouble down at the floor and knee
why the judge set her free
That six -foot, black -haired,
called the Louisiana Gambling Queen
Roll me sippy, drown my booze
Rome, Mississippi, take me on down
with the devil's daughter
Rome, Mississippi, take me on down
He got word from a whiskey
He said a lot of good men had tried her
And a lot of good men went down
That night in a fast game, a
At the end of a river street
A soul who's a loudmouth gambler man
Got blown off his cheatin' feet
Be held in the low ground
In that river where the devil's out
Old Mississippi, take me on down
Roll me sippy, drown my blues
Roll me sippy, take me on down
with the devil's daughter
Roll me sippy, take me on down
Roll me sippy, take me on down