(When It's) Darkness On the Delta

Nighttime and shadows are coming my way
 Southland is at rest
 Nightime and shadows relieving the day
 Nature's at its best
 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
 Folks are singin' sweet and low (and low)
 Lord I'm lucky that you found me
 Where the muddy Mississippi waters flow
 Oh 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 inside
 When it's darkness on the Delta
 Let me linger in the shelter of the night
 Now we were Lounging on the levee
 And a listen to the nightgales 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 inside
 When it's darkness on the Delta
 Let me linger in the shelter of the night