作曲：Allen Reynolds+Bob Mcdill

Mama said

Don't go near that river

Don't be hanging around old Catfish John

Come in the morning I'd always be there

Walking in his footsteps

In the sweet Delta dawn

Take me back to another morning

Every time so long ago

When the sweet magnolia blossomed

Cotton fields as white as snow

Catfish John was a river hobo

Who lived and died by the river's bed

Looking back I still remember

I was proud to be his friend

Mama said Don't go near that river

Don't be hanging around old Catfish John

Come in the morning I'd always be there

Walking in his footsteps

In the sweet Delta dawn

Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg

Traded for a chestnut mare

Lord her never spoke

In anger though his load was hard to bear

Mama said

Don't go near that river

Come in the morning

Our happy jion

Come in the morning I'd always be there

Walking in his footsteps

In the sweet Delta dawn

Take me back to another morning

Cotton fields as white as snow