Broonzy, Big Bill



Mississippi River,

Is so long, deep and wide,

I can see my good gal on that other side.



You know I cried, and I called,

But I could not make her hear,

I'm gonna catch that boat baby, steam on over there.



Big boat is up the river,

Lord, stuck on a bank of sand,

I'll never see my baby, I'll never make that land.



Ain't it hard, to love someone,

When they are so far from you;

I am so lonesome, I don't know what to do