Tupelo

Tupelo Blues - John Lee Hooker

 Did you read about the flood?

 Happened long time ago

 In Tupelo, Mississippi

 There were thousands o' lives

 Destroyed

 It rained, it rained

 Both night and day

 The poor people was worried

 Didn't have no place to go

 Could hear many people

 Cryin' "Lord, have mercy"

 'Cause you're the only one

 That we can turn to

 Happened a long time ago

 A little town

 Way back in Mississippi

 In Tupelo

 There was women

 And there was children

 They were screamin' an' cryin'

 Cryin', "Lord, have mercy

 You're the only one now,

 That we can turn to"

 Way back down in Mississippi

 A little country town

 I know you read about it

 'Cause I'll never forget it

 The mighty flood in Tupelo, Mississippi

 Been years ago

 Lord, have mercy

 Wasn't that a mighty time

 Tupelo's gone