Well, I built me a raft and she's ready for floatin' ol' Mississippi, she's callin' my name Catfish are jumpin' that paddle wheel thumpin' Black water keeps rollin' on down to the sea Chorus Old black water, keep on rollin' Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me? Old black water, keep on rollin' Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me? Old black water, keep on rollin' Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me? keep on shinin' your light, gonna make every thing wo mama, gonna make everything all right Well I ain't got no worries 'cause I ain't in no hurry at all Instrumental If it rains, I don't care, don't make no difference to me Just take that street car that's goin' up town Oh yeah, I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland and dance a honky tonk and I'll be buyin' everybody drinks all night long Chorus I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland, pretty momma gonna and take me by the hand by the hand, take me by the hand pretty momma, come and dance with your daddy all night long, I'd like to...Repeat an fade