This is a song was sung back in 18 and 92   There was a terrible flood that year   People lost everything they had      Their crops, their live stock   That means their horses, their mules, cows   Goats and everything they had on their farm      And they would start cryin' and singin' this song      They tell me, Joe Turner been here and gone   Lord, they tell me, Joe Turner been here and gone   They tell me, Joe turner been here and gone      Then they would go out hunting rabbits, 'coons and 'possoms   Anything they could catch   Sometimes they would catch something, then again they didn't      And when they would come home, they would find   Flour meat and molasses   In their homes and they would know that   Joe Turner had been there and left food for them      And they would start cryin' and singin' this song      They tell me, Joe Turner been here and gone   Lord, they tell me, that Joe turner been here and gone   They tell me, Joe Turner been here and gone      Then they would start out lookin' for wood   And stuff to make a fire   And they would look in their yards, and they would find axes, wood   That Joe Turner had brought there for them      Then they would get happy   And start singin' and cryin' this song   They would get happy and do a little boogie-woogie too