Hey, hey,
good basket, fill it to the top
There's a humbug down the river
that ain't never gonna stop
That are never gonna stop
Fries, hooks, and chicken
Can you bring along ribs and juice
The whole king of biscuits, boys
We'll be crying out the blues
We'll be crying out the blues
When it's Saturday night
on a Mississippi dock
All the folks will forget
any troubles that they got
After working all week and
cutting sugarcane
Everybody gets together just to do
that thing
Come on down on the river
Just around the bend
The humpbucket's gettin' started
So come on and bring a friend
I said, come on and bring a friend
Gonna have a big time
I said, we're gonna have a ball
Twenty miles down on the river
Past the hill in the Arkansas
I said, the hill in the Arkansas
Winter Saturday night,
on a Mississippi dock
All the folks will forget
any troubles that they've got
After workin' all week and
cuttin' sugarcane
Everybody gets together
just to do that thing
Everyone is happy, I said,
everything's alright
All this boogie -woogie down on the delta
On a Mississippi Saturday night
On a Mississippi Saturday night
On a Mississippi Saturday night