(WHEN IT'S) DARKNESS ON THE DELTA
(Levinson / Neiburg / Symes)

Ted Fio Rito & His Orch. (vocal: Muzzy Marcellino) - 1933
Chick Bullock & His Orch. - 1933
Country All Stars - 1953
Don Lanphere - 1995 


When it's darkness on the delta 
That's the time my heart is light,
When it's darkness on the delta 
Let me linger in the shelter of the night.

Fields of cotton all around me, 
Darkies singin' sweet and low,** 
Lord I'm lucky that you found me 
Where the muddy Mississippi waters flow.

Lounging on the levee, 
List'nin' to the nightingales way up above, 
Laughter on the levee, no one's heart is heavy,
All God's chillun got someone to love.

When it's darkness on the delta, 
Only heaven is in sight,
When it's darkness on the delta, 
let me linger in the shelter of the
night.

**Alternate line: "Folks are singin' sweet and low"