Sing the Delta - Iris DeMent

So you’re headed down a Southern way

Passing thru the Delta some time today?

In my mind, pictures line the walls

Of a place I used to know, and vividly recall

I love you so much, and you sure sing good

And it would mean so much to me, if you would

Sing the Delta a love song for me!

It’s the land where the cotton used to grow

That owns a piece of my heart and soul

It’s where my people, on both sides, going back

Eked-out a living farming and filling them old cotton sacks

Dad took us West when I was a little child

But it’s in my blood, and it’s still flowing strong and wild

Sing the Delta a love song for me!

Sing the Delta a love song for me!

Lay it down on that ole river, let it roll on out to the sea!

The Delta lived in my Momma’s voice and in her hands

It’s a language my spirit understands, so

Sing the Delta a love song for me?

You give it all just the way your Daddy does

You both got your demons, but they’re cloaked in love

And I know that life’s putting your calling to the test

But you’ve got something that sets you right up 'long side the very best

So take that heart, good as Heaven ever made

And that voice that lays like August in the shade

And sing the Delta a love song for me!