Bruce Murdoch - Down in Mississippi [HD]

Bruce Murdoch sings 'Down in Mississippi' from the 1965 Elektra album 'Singer-Songwriter Project' containing songs by various singers. The lyrics are below with comments about the Bruce Murdoch. Note: This short song reflects (sadly) the time in which it was written. The video shows images of great blues singers from Mississippi like Mississippi John Hurt and Mississippi Fred McDowell and Jimmy Reed, J. B. Lenoir, and Pinetop Perkins who sang 'Down in Mississippi' (with different lyrics from this later song by Bruce Murdoch). [Vinyl/9-Images/WAV] Down in Mississippi (Singer: Bruce Murdoch) I'm sorry, little girl, but your face is black Don't show me nothing but the color of your back Followin' your footsteps to a dirty little shack Down in Mississippi My mummy always tells me just what to do She says I'm not supposed to play with you Your face is brown and you ain't got no shoes Down in Mississippi Besides my daddy is a mighty nice man Takes me to meetings of the Ku Klux Klan Lets you people know just where you stand Down in Mississippi So run away, black girl, run away home To the single room house where your whole family's grown Wish to God you'd never been born Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Songwriter: Bruce Murdoch [Lyrics transcribed from song audio] Comments taken from the liner notes of the 1981 Radio Canada International album 'Bruce Murdoch': Thomas Bruce Murdoch was born September 17, 1947 in Montreal, Quebec. He was from a music-loving family and began to learn to play the guitar at age 13. He was captivated by rock "n" roll and then began to listen to folk music - Peter, Paul & Mary, The Kingston Trio, Johnny Horton. At 15 he started writing songs and turned 17 in New York City where he recorded some songs for the Elektra album "Singer-Songwriter Project" which also contained songs by Richard Farina and Patrick Sky, the first person who encouraged him in music. He liked singers Don Williams, Jennifer Warnes and David Gates. His favorite songwriters were Sky, Dylan and Gates. Murdoch also recorded in 1970 the Stormy Forest album "33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute" produced by Richie Havens and Mark Roth.