To Love The Language Lyrics

To Love The Language

I is just what I was
And am ain`t who I be
To love the language
You got to be born
On the banks of the Mississippi

Ax` ya "x" what talks in tongues
Say: "never mo` neither me"
To love the language
You got to be born
On the banks of the Mississippi

Stayin by my mama`s
In slippers and pajamas
Where there`s always somethin good to eat
Bettin strawberries
Honey and cherries
And pecan-pies oh so sweet

With a dew-rag on my brow
Jasmine, wysteria and fleur-de-lis
To love the language
You got to be born
On the banks of the Mississippi

If you won`t work fo` a livin
And live life leisurely
Pull up a screen po-ch
Flop out in a rockin chair
To love the language
You got to be born
On the banks of the Mississippi