MISSISSIPPI FRED IS DEAD blues song lyrics
by Joel Sattler

Mississippi Fred Mississippi Fred is dead
Mississippi Fred Mississippi Fred is dead
makes me feel so low
can't bear to get out of bed

I heard him play guitar I used to hear him sing
play that old beat guitar used to hear him sing
he could make it cry
or like a bell to ring

Mississippi Fred was like a friend to me
Mississippi Fred was like a friend to me
but now his fate was said
his voice is history

all them bluesmen gone all them gone away
all them old bluesmen gone all of them gone away
old Mr. Reaper come
and turned to black the day

Mississippi Fred Mississippi Fred is dead
Mississippi Fred Mississippi Fred is dead
makes me feel so low
I can't get out of bed

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