Did ya 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 may 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 ya 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