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Song of Nostalgia for an All-American State Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer

1963

I wanna go back to Mississippi
Where the sandy blossoms kiss the evening breeze
Where the Mississippi mud
Kind of mingles with the blood
Of the ni**ers who are hanging
From the branches in the trees
I wanna go back to Mississippi
So honey don't be late
Up above
There's nothing but a butter-coloured moon
While down below
They're cutting up a chocolate-coloured coon
So take me back to Mississippi
That all-American state
Mississippi is the state you gotta choose
Where we hate all the darkies and the Catholics and the Jews
Where we welcome any man
If he's white and strong and belongs to the Ku Klux Klan
Take me, take me, down to Mississippi
It's the place I long to be
Mississippi, land of the free
Saw an uppity ni**er
Going to cast a vote
Took that uppity ni**er
And I cut his goddamned throat
Uppity uppity ni**er
Where you going today?
If you vote we'll cut your throat
Do da do da day
I wanna go back to Mississippi
Where the sandy blossoms kiss the evening breeze
Where Mississippi mud kind of mingles with the blood
Of the ni**ers who are hanging
From the branches in the tree
I wanna go back to Mississippi
Where everything's just great
And if you ain't for segregating white folks from the black
Then they won't hesitate to shoot you
Bravely in the back
So carry me home to Mississippi
That all-American state
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Herbert Kretzmer

Herbert Kretzmer

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