Oh it’s raining raining raining here this morning
As I sit in jail and hang my head in shame
With a smile I try to greet each early dawning
But they’ve given me a number for my name

Many a little raindrops are falling close to me
Makes all the streams and rivers as muddy as can be
It’s raining raining raining here this morning
As the Mississippi flows on to the sea

How I wish I could see my little darling
And hold her in my arms as before
Well I used to tell her every day I loved her
But now she doesn’t love me anymore

She knew that I was guilty of this one crime
And she said she’d be waiting there for me
But she has found somewhere else to wander
Where the Mississippi flows on to the sea

Oh it’s raining raining raining here this morning
And I am just as weary as can be
How I wish that I could follow all the raindrops
Down the Mississippi toward the silver sea

But there’s no way to prove that I’m not guilty
So I’ll have to suffer all the shame
Go and tell her for me little raindrops
That they’ve given me a number for my name

[1] Oh it’s raining raining raining here this morning
As I sit in jail and hang my head in [5] shame
With a [1] smile I try to greet each early [4] dawning
But they’ve [1] given me a [5] number for my [1] name

[4] Many a little raindrops are [1] falling close to me
[4] Makes all the streams and rivers as [1] muddy as can [5] be
It’s [1] raining raining raining here this morning
As the Mississippi [5] flows on to the [1] sea

How I wish I could see my little darling
And hold her in my arms as before
Well I used to tell her every day I loved her
But now she doesn’t love me anymore

She [4] knew that I was guilty of this [1] one crime
And she said she’d be waiting there for [5] me
But [1] she has found somewhere else to wander
Where the Mississippi [5] flows on to the [1] sea

Oh it’s raining raining raining here this morning
And I am just as weary as can be
How I wish that I could follow all the raindrops
Down the Mississippi toward the silver sea

But [4] there’s no way to prove that I’m not [1] guilty
So I’ll have to suffer all the [5] shame
[1] Go and tell her for me little raindrops
That they’ve given me a [5] number for my [1] name