Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. And wondering how we'd get back home. Leave feedback, Becoming a trailblazing Country Music superstar was an improbable destiny for Charley Pride (born March 18, 1938), especially considering his humble beginnings as a sharecropper’s son on a cotton farm in Sledge, Mississippi. "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town" is a song written by Harold Dorman and George Gann, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. Pickin' my fingers to the blood and bone "Mississippi Cotton Pickin' Delta Town Lyrics." STANDS4 LLC, 2020. And I've worked hard the whole week long We'd sit across the street on the depot porch He kept her picture on his wall On saturday nights we’d get dressed up Catch us a ride on a pickup truck On a gravel road it neatly string to lust That cotton pickin’ delta dust. Down in the Delta where I was born Do you know any background info about this track? Top subscription boxes – right to your door, The Definitive Collection of Charley Pride, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. It was released in August 1974 as the first single from his album Pride of America. His greatest musical success came in the early-to-mid 1970s when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley. [1] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. Go directly to shout page. "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town" is a song written by Harold Dorman and George Gann, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town One dusty street to walk up and down Nothin' much to see but a starvin' hound In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town. Said i’ve had enough. Country Music » Charley Pride » Charley Pride – Mississippi Cotton Pickin’ Delta Town. Watch the video for Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town from Charley Pride's The Essential Charley Pride for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. In total, he has garnered 39 No. To enjoy Prime Music, go to Your Music Library and transfer your account to Amazon.com (US). The song peaked at number 3 … Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. On Saturday nights we'd get dressed up Catch us a ride on a pickup truck On a gravel road it nearly strangled us That cotton picking Delta dust. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. It was released in August 1974 as the first single from his album Pride of America. 22 Oct. 2020. That cotton pickin' Delta dust. Submit lyrics correction → 55k Like.