Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Taj Mahal
Vocals
Keb' Mo'
Vocals
Michael B. Hicks
Keyboards
Phillip Moore
Bass
Roger Bissell
Trombone
Sam Levine
Tenor Saxophone
Thad Witherspoon
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Taj Mahal
Composer
Keb' Mo'
Songwriter
Gary Nicholson
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Taj Mahal
Producer
Keb' Mo'
Producer
Ross Hogarth
Mixing Engineer
Casey Wasner
Engineer
Zach Allen
Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
How the weather in the country?
How the weather down south?
How the weather in the Delta?
How the food taste in your mouth?
Butter beans and cornbread, grits and greens
Candied yams and black eyed peas
[Verse 2]
If you're going to Mississippi
Where that Delta sky is sweet and clear
Ooh, y'all, I'm stuck here in Chicago
Please don't leave me here
[Verse 3]
When you see Ludella, tell her hey for me
Last time I saw her, it was in my dreams
She's the sweetest thing under the sun
When I think about some lovin', she's still the one
[Verse 4]
Now if you're going to Mississippi
Where that Delta sky is sweet and clear
Well you know, I'm stuck here in Chicago
Please don't leave me here
[Verse 5]
What they doin' in Vicksburg down in Aberdeen?
They got more fine big-legged women
Than any one man ever seen
What they doin' in Jackson and little old Itta Bena?
I ain't been to Clarksdale since 1963
[Verse 6]
'Cause if you're going to Mississippi
Where that Delta sky is sweet and clear
Y'all, I'm stuck here in Chicago
Please don't leave me here
[Verse 7]
How the weather in the Delta?
Sure cold up here
Baby run off and left me late last year
It was just before Christmas
Deep, deep snow on the ground
Came home later in the evening
She done tore my playhouse down
[Verse 8]
So if you're going to Mississippi
Where that Delta sky is sweet and clear
Ooh, y'all, I'm stuck here in Chicago
Please don't leave me here
[Verse 9]
Don't leave
Please don't leave me here, mmm
Please don't leave, ooh
Please don't leave me here
[Verse 10]
Ooh, well I'll be
Please don't leave me here
Please don't leave me
Please don't leave me here
[Verse 11]
Please don't leave me
Please don't leave me here
Please don't leave
Written by: Gary Nicholson, Keb' Mo', Taj Mahal