Lonnie Johnson Flood Water Blues
It's been snowing forty days and nights : lakes and
rivers begin to freeze
Some places through my old home town : water's up above
my knees
Storm begin rising : and the sun begin sinking down
I says mother and dad pack your trunk : we ain't safe
here in this town
When it lightning my mind gets frightened : my nerves
begin weaken down
And the shack where we was living : begin moving around
Women and children were screaming : saying mama where
must we go
The flood water have broke the levee : and we ain't safe
here no more
