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