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

Fields of cottin all around me, voices ringing soft and low
Lord, I'm lucky that you found me
Where the Muddy Mississippi waters flow
Loughing on the levee, listenin' on the nightingales
Way up above
Laughter on the levee, no one's heart is heavy
All God's children 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