| By the M, I crooked letter, crooked letter I | 
| Crooked letter, crooked letter I | 
| Cut back, cut back, I Mississippi | 
| Flowin' down to New Orleans (New Orleans) | 
| It flows right by my Tennessee home | 
| Where history was made by Steamboat Bill | 
| (Floatin' down the river) | 
| Give me M-P, H-I-S | 
| Memphis is the town I mean | 
| Way down yonder in the land of cotton | 
| Folks like mine are never gotten | 
| What a wonderful thrill, just to be | 
| Down in Memphis, Tennessee | 
| By the M, I crooked letter, crooked letter I | 
| Crooked letter, crooked letter I | 
| Cut back, cut back, I Mississippi | 
| Flowin' down to New Orleans | 
| By the M, I crooked letter, crooked letter I | 
| Crooked letter, crooked letter I | 
| Cut back, cut back, I Mississippi | 
| Flowin' down to New Orleans | 
| Well, it flows right by my Tennessee home | 
| Where history was made by Steamboat Bill (Steamboat Bill) | 
| Give me M-P, H-I-S | 
| Memphis is the town I mean | 
| Way down yonder in the land of cotton | 
| Folks like mine are never gotten | 
| What a wonderful thrill, just to be | 
| Down in Memphis, Tennessee | 
| By the M, I crooked letter, crooked letter I | 
| Crooked letter, crooked letter I | 
| Cut back, cut back, I Mississippi | 
| Flowin' down to New Orleans (Down the river) | 
| Flowin' down to New Orleans |