| Well, backwater done rose all around Sumner now, | 
| drove me down the line | 
| Backwater done rose at Sumner, | 
| drove poor Charley down the line | 
| Lord, I’ll tell the world the water, | 
| done crept through this town | 
| Lord, the whole round country, | 
| Lord, river has overflowed | 
| Lord, the whole round country, | 
| man, is overflowed | 
| You know I can’t stay here, | 
| I’ll go where it’s high, boy | 
| I would goto the hilly country, | 
| but, they got me barred | 
| Now, look-a here now at Leland | 
| river was risin' high | 
| Look-a here boys around Leland tell me, | 
| river was raisin' high | 
| Boy, it’s risin' over there, yeah | 
| I’m gonna move to Greenville | 
| fore I leave, goodbye | 
| Look-a here the water now, Lordy, | 
| Levee broke, rose most everywhere | 
| The water at Greenville and Leland, | 
| Lord, it done rose everywhere | 
| Boy, you can’t never stay here | 
| I would go down to Rosedale | 
| but, they tell me there’s water there | 
| Now, the water now, mama, | 
| done took Charley’s town | 
| Well, they tell me the water, | 
| done took Charley’s town | 
| Boy, I’m goin' to Vicksburg | 
| Well, I’m goin' to Vicksburg, | 
| for that high of mine | 
| I am goin' up that water, | 
| where lands don’t never flow | 
| Well, I’m goin' over the hill where, | 
| water, oh don’t ever flow | 
| Boy, hit Sharkey County and everything was down in Stovall | 
| But, that whole county was leavin', | 
| over that Tallahatchie shore Boy, | 
| went to Tallahatchie and got it over there | 
| Lord, the water done rushed all over, | 
| down old Jackson road | 
| Lord, the water done raised, | 
| over the Jackson road | 
| Boy, it starched my clothes | 
| I’m goin' back to the hilly country, | 
| won’t be worried no more |