Classic Poem

Back water rising:
southern people can't make no time
I said back water rising:
southern people can't make no time
And I can't get no hearing
from that Memphis gal of mine

Water all in Arkansas:
people screaming in Tennessee
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh:
people screaming in Tennessee
If I don't leave Memphis
back water been all over poor me

People, cinch it's raining:
it has been for nights and days
People, it's a cinch it's raining:
has been for nights and days
Thousand people stands on the hill
looking down where they used to stay

Children standing screaming:
mama we ain't got no home
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh:
mama we ain't got no home
Papa says to children:
back water left us all alone

Back water rising,
coming in my windows and doors
The back water rising,
coming in my windows and doors
I leave with a prayer in my heart:
back water won't rise no more