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Mississippi Flood Blues

by Joe Pullum

on Joe Pullum Vol. 1 (1934-1935) (1995)

The wind howls and the rain began to fall
The rain howls and the wind began to fall
My woman was out in Mississippi that was my one and all

I received a telegram saying: "Baby, won't you please come here?"
I received a telegram saying: "Baby, won't you come here?
Hell broke a-loose on the delta and your baby is way down here"

Love is like this depression; it lingers on and on
Love is like this depression; it lingers on and on
But better times will greet me when I fall in my baby's arms

I'm coming to you, baby, if through twenty feet of water I wade
I'm coming to you, baby, if through twenty feet of water I wade
For I can't stand to see my baby fill a watery grave

Knee-deep in water, treetops men and women did choose
Knee-deep in water, treetops men and women did choose
But I'm back in my baby's arms with those Mississippi flood blues