When it rained five days and the skies turned dark as night
When it rained five days and the skies turned dark as 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 just about five miles across the farm
Said they rowed a little boat just about five miles across the farm
I packed up all of my clothes, throwed them in,
and they rowed me a-[A7]long

There's thousands of people who ain't got no place to go
And then I went and stood upon a high old lonesome hill
And looked down on the house where I used to live

BackWater Blues that calls me to pack my things and go
BackWater Blues that calls me to pack my things and go
Cause my house fell down, and I can't live there no more