Mississippi Delta

  Helen Reddy - Delta Down Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have onCould it be a faded rose from days gone byAnd did I hear you say he was a-meetin' you here todayTo take you to his mansion in the sky-eyeShe's forty-one and her daddy still calls 'er "baby"All the folks 'round Brownsville say she's crazy'Cause she walks downtown with her suitcase in her handLookin' for a mysterious dark-haired manIn her younger days they called her Delta DawnPrettiest woman you ever laid eyes onThen a man of low degree stood by her sidePromised her he'd take her for his brideDelta Dawn, what's that flower you have onCould it be a faded rose from days gone byAnd did I hear you say he was a-meetin' you here todayTo take you to his mansion in the sky-eyeDelta Dawn, what's that flower you have onCould it be a faded rose from days gone byAnd did I hear you say he was a-meetin' you here todayTo take you to his mansion in the sky-eyeDelta Dawn, what's that flower you have onCould it be a faded rose from days gone byAnd did I hear you say he was a-meetin' you here todayTo take you to his mansion in the sky-eye