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Missippi Mud

Words and Music by James Cavanaugh & Harry Barris - 1927

Chorus:
C	Ab7	C      C7      B7      Bb7	A7
D7                G+	C     Cdim       C     Cdim	C    Cdim     C      Cdim	C     Cdim     C     Cdim
C     Cdim      C      Cdim	C     Cdim      G7	C	Ab7
C       C7       B7      Bb7	A7	Dm            A7	Dm
-                   A7	Dm	F             F#dim	C               A7
D7	G7   C  (end after repeat)	|
Interlude:
Am    E7     Am      E7	Am            F7	Am     E7      Am      E7	Am               F7
D7	G7	C      Cdim      C	Eb7     D7     G7
Am    E7     Am      E7	Am            F7	Am     E7       Am     E7	Am               F7
D7	G7	C      Cdim      C	Eb7 D7 G   (to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Chorus:

When the sun goes down, the tide goes out, The people gather 'round and they all begin to shout,

"Hey! Hey! Uncle Dud, It's a treat to beat your feet on the Mississippi Mud,

It's a treat to beat you feet on the Mississippi Mud." What a dance do they do!

Lordy, how I'm tellin' you, They don't need no band,

They keep time by clappin' their hand, Just as happy as a cow chewin' on a cud,

When the people beat their feet on the Mississippi Mud.

 

Interlude:

Lordy how they play it! Goodness, how they sway it.

Uncle Joe, Uncle Jim, How they pound the mire with vigor and vim.

Joy! that music thrills me. Boy! it nearly kills me.

What a show when they go. Say! they beat it up either fast or slow.

(Repeat Chorus)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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