When it rained five days

And the skies turned dark at night

When it rained five days

And the skies turned dark at night

There was trouble takin ＇ place

In the lowland at night

I woke up this mornin ＇

Couldn ＇ t even get out of my door

I woke up this mornin ＇

Couldn ＇ t even get out of my door

Enough trouble to make a poor woman

Wonder where she ＇ s gonna go

They rowed a little boat

About five miles across the farm

Said they rowed a little boat

About five miles across the farm

I packed up all of my clothes trowed them in

And they rowed me along

Where it thundered and lightnin ＇

And the wind began to blow

Said it thundered and lightnin ＇

And the wind began to blow

There was thousands of people

They had no place to go

I went out and stood up

On a high old lonesome hill

I went out and stood up

On a high old lonesome hill

I looked down on the house

Where I used to live

Back water blues that calls me

To pack my things and go

Back water blues that calls me

To pack my things and go

＇ Cause my house fell down

And I can ＇ t live there no more

Ooh I can ＇ t live there no more

Ooh I can ＇ t live there no more

There ain ＇ t no place for a poor woman to go