the back water done rolled lord and tumbled drove me down the line the back water done rolled and tumbled drove poor charley down the line lord i ll tell the world the water done struck drew s town lord the whole round country lord creek water is overflowed lord the whole round country man is overflowed i would go to the hill country but they got me barred now looky now in leland lord river is rising high looky here boys around leland tell me river is raging high i m going over to greenville bought our tickets good bye looky here the water dug out lordy levee broke rolled most everywhere the water at greeville and leland lord it done rose everywhere i would go down to rosedale but they tell me there s water there back water at blytheville backed up all around back water at blytheville done struck joiner town it was fifty families and children tough luck they can drown the water was rising up in my friend s door the water was risins up in my friend s door the man said his womenfolk lord we d better go oh lordy women is groaning down oh lordy women and children sinking down i couldn t see nobody home and was no one to be found