To Love The Language Lyrics by Harry Connick, Jr.

To Love The Language Lyrics

    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

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