He felt the deep Mississippi mud, cool and gritty, around his toes.

Senator Smith bit into a piece of tobacco dark as Mississippi mud.

He waded along the river, Mississippi mud, the real kind, treacherous beneath his feet.

The music is righteous, not self-righteous, and never far from roots in the Mississippi mud.

Never, literally never, had he thought anyone would ever show any interest in the statue of "Mississippi Mud."

Political attacks are as American as Mississippi mud.

He was known for a signature touchdown celebration he called the 'Mississippi Mud Walk'.

This Mississippi mud isn't bad,' Thornburg said, as he poured himself some more of the ex-senator's coffee concoction.

However, this new method yielded material with a purity of only 82% and when solubilized, produced a brown liquid aptly termed "Mississippi mud".

The original lyrics featured the refrain line: "When the darkies beat their feet on the Mississippi Mud."