I woke up this morning : I couldn't even get out of my 
door
Said this wild water got me covered : and I ain't got no 
place to go
Now I hear my mama crying : but I just can't help myself
Now this wild water keep on rising : I got to get help 
from someone else
Now good morning Mr wild water : why did you stop in my 
front door
Says you reaches from Cairo : clean down to the Gulf of 
Mexico
Now don't you hear your mother crying : weeping and 
moaning all night long
Because old man wild water done been here : took her best 
friends and gone
Now look a?here Mr wild water : why do you treat me so 
doggone mean
Says you took my house out of Cairo : carried it down in 
New Orleans