Artist: Lil' Son Jackson
Author: Melvin Jackson
Label: Gold Star
Year: 1949
The eponymous Bessie Smith song (1927 - Columbia) sounds similar but had flood disaster lyrics (by Porter Grainger): "Mississippi River I can't stand hear your name".
Covers:
Duke Robillard [vocal: John Hammond]
See also: Ticket Agent Blues.
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Arnold Rypens
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