Intro:    Well it rained five days and the skies turned dark as night   Yes it rained five days and the skies turned dark as night   There’s a trouble takin’ place in the lowlands at night   I woke up this mornin’ couldn’t even get out of my door   Yes woke up this mornin’ couldn’t even get out of my door   Trouble make a poor boy wonder where he want to go And it thundrin and lightnin’ and the wind began to blow   Yes it thundered and lightnined’ and the wind began to blow   And there’s a thousand people ain’t got no place to go   Well they rowed a little boat about five miles ’cross the pond   Yes they rowed a little boat about five miles ’cross the pond   Yes I packed my clothes throwed them in it and they rowed me along   I went and stood upon some high old lonesome hill   You know I went and stood upon some high old lonesome hill                                           (Fill here)   Yes I looked on the old house were I used to live   Backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go   Backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go   Yes my house fell down and I can’t live there no more   Mmm I can’t move no more                 Mmm I can’t move no more                     Yes my house washed away and I can’t live there no more