A 1922 popular song.
Words and music by John P. Long.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- We’ve got the home, we’ve got the ring
I guess we’ve got most ev’rything
And the wedding day’s one Sunday morning soon, in June
Now all the while, we’re making plans
And when they’ve ask’d those marriage banns
I’ll tell you how we’re gwine to spend our honeymoon
Chorus
We’re gwine to float in a boat on the Mississippi, all day long
We’re gwine to glide on the tide of the Mississippi, all day long
And when the sun goes down at night
We’re gwine to cuddle up nice and tight
Then we’ll spoon ‘neath the moon on the Mississippi
Man in the moon’s sure to think we’re “dippy”
There on the air of the Mississippi, all day long
You’re sure to hear, if you’re near
Such a tender loving tune
And if you care to listen
She won’t care, I won’t care
We’ll be such a happy and contented pair
While we’re on our Mississippi honeymoon
- Unless you’ve been, you couldn’t tell
The way that river casts its spell
Ev’ry Mississippi missis loves it so, I know
Along the stream we’ll gently creep
And it will rock us both to sleep
The way our mammies used to do long years ago
Sung here by Fred Feild: