Waist Deep in the Big Muddy Waist Deep in the Big Muddy "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" is a song written by Pete Seeger in 1967 and made famous because of its censorship from "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour". The song tells the story of a platoon wading in a river in Louisiana on a practice patrol in 1942. Imperiously ignoring his sergeant's concerns, the captain orders the platoon to continue with himself in the lead until they are finally up to their necks. Suddenly, the captain drowns and the sergeant instantly orders the unit to turn back to the original shore. It turns out
Muddy River (Nevada) abandoned the area in 1871. Many of the LDS people returned to the area in the 1880s and it currently has a substantial Mormon population. Muddy River (Nevada) The Muddy River, formerly known as the Moapa River, is a short river located in Clark County, in southern Nevada, United States. It is in the Mojave Desert, approximately north of Las Vegas. The Muddy River is approximately long. It begins as a series of thermal springs in the Moapa Valley before continuing on its course to Lake Mead, where it drains into the northern arm of the lake near Overton, Nevada.