(M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I) By The M I crooked letter, crooker letter, I crooked letter, crooked letter I Hump-back, hump-back I of Mississippi flowing down to New Orleans It flows right by my Tennessee home where history was make by Steamboat Bill M-E-M-P-H-I-S, Memphis is the town I mean Way down yonder in the land of cotton, folks like mine are ne'er forgotten What a wonderful thrill just to be down in Memphis, Tennessee By The M I crooked letter, crooker letter, I crooked letter, crooked letter I Hump-back, hump-back I of Mississippi flowing down to New Orleans By The M I crooked letter, crooker letter, I crooked letter, crooked letter I Hump-back, hump-back I of Mississippi flowing down to New Orleans It flows right by my Tennessee home where history was make by Steamboat Bill M-E-M-P-H-I-S, Memphis is the town I mean Way down yonder in the land of cotton, folks like mine are ne'er forgotten What a wonderful thrill just to be down in Memphis, Tennessee By The M I crooked letter, crooker letter, I crooked letter, crooked letter I Hump-back, hump-back I of Mississippi flowing down to New Orleans