Take Me To The Town of Boonville, Missouri
written by Phyllis Dale in Winter Springs, Florida March 2012

Take me to the town of Boonville, Missouri
Take me to the town where the Big Muddy flows
Take me to the town of Boonville, Missouri
Take me to the town, my town

Big Muddy Missouri, Big Muddy Missouri
Big Muddy Missouri, Take me there

Let me feel the spirits of the steamboats
Sidewheelers churning by
Let me walk the bridge called Katy
Where once smoke from a train filled the sky

Take me to the town of Boonville, Missouri
Take me to the town where the Big Muddy flows
Take me to the town of Boonville, Missouri
Take me to the town, my town

Big Muddy Missouri, Big Muddy Missouri
Big Muddy Missouri, Take me there

Take me to the town of Boonville, Missouri
Where Jesse James and his gang stopped by
Take me to the town of Boonville, Missouri
Take me to the town, my town

Big Muddy Missouri, Big Muddy Missouri
Big Muddy Missouri, Take me there

Let me feel the spirit of tall Will Rogers
Never met a man… he didn’t like
Wish I could hear him speak
in the Grand Thespian Hall tonight

Take me to the town of Boonville, Missouri
Where Jesse James and his gang stopped by
Take me to the town of Boonville, Missouri
Take me to the town, my town

Big Muddy Missouri, Big Muddy Missouri
Big Muddy Missouri, Take me there

Take me to the town of Boonville, Missouri
Near the start of the Santa Fe Trail
Take me to the town of Boonville, Missouri
Take me to the town, my town

Big Muddy Missouri, Big Muddy Missouri
Big Muddy Missouri, Take me there

Feel the spirit of covered wagons
and stagecoaches passing by
the struggles our forefathers went through
brings a tear to my eye

Take me to the town of Boonville, Missouri
Near the start of the Santa Fe Trail
Take me to the town of Boonville, Missouri
Take me to the town, my town

Big Muddy Missouri, Big Muddy Missouri
Big Muddy Missouri, Take me there

Take me to the town of Boonville, Missouri
Take me to the town filled with music and love
Take me to the town of Boonville, Missouri
Take me to the town, my town

Big Muddy Missouri, Big Muddy Missouri
Big Muddy Missouri, Take me there

Let me walk the halls of the Frederick
Sip coffee at the diner Riverside
Shake the hands of all the people I meet,
Who give smiles of welcome to me.

Take me to the town of Boonville, Missouri
Take me to the town filled with music and love
Take me to the town of Boonville, Missouri
Take me to the town, my town

Big Muddy Missouri, Big Muddy Missouri
Big Muddy Missouri, Take me there