Born In The Delta

Born In The Delta
Words, music and arrangement written by Thessex Johns, pka Johnny Drummer
co-published by Earwig Music Company, Inc. & Johnny Drummer

 2006 Earwig Music Company, Inc, & Thessex Johns pka Johnny Drummer
p 2006 Earwig Music Company, Inc.


I was born in the Delta way down on the farm
Some call it behind the Mason Dixon line
Some call it behind the sun.

I was just a little boy when I lost my grandpa
I was just a little boy when I lost my grandpa
I was raised in the country by my hard working grandma

Let me tell you about my grandma

She would get up early in the morning when she would hear that old rooster crow
She would get up early in the morning when she would hear that old rooster crow
She said I don’t feel good but to this cotton field I got to go

Guitar solo

Listen
In fifteen minutes you could smell that coffee makin’
I said in fifteen minutes you could smell that coffee makin’
And on a firewood stove you could smell that old good fat bacon

Listen
Oh how I miss, how I miss that face
Oh how that I miss, how I miss that beautiful face
I could hear her singing that old beautiful song
The song you call Amazing Grace

That’s why I’m gonna say it one more time and get outa here

I say I was born in the Delta way down on the farm
I was born in the Delta way down on the farm
Some call it behind the Mason Dixon line
Some call it behind the sun