Now I never will forget : that floating bridge
Tell me five minutes time : under water I was hid
When I was going down : I throwed up my hands
Please : take me on dry land
Now they carried me in the house : and they laid me 
across the bank
About a gallon and a half of muddy water : I had drank
They dried me off : and they laid me in the bed
Couldn't hear nothing : but muddy water running through 
my head
Now my mother often taught me : quit playing a bum
Go somewhere : settle down and make a crop
Now the people standing on the bridge : screaming and 
crying
Lord have mercy : where we going