Lyrics:

I was walking down the Levee with my head hanging low
Looking for my sweet mama but she ain't here no more
That's why I'm crying Mississippi heavy water blues

Lord, Lord, Lord, I'm so blue, my house got washed away
And I'm crying 'how long for another pay day'
That's why I'm crying Mississippi heavy water blues

I'm sitting here looking, at all of this mud
And my girl got washed away in that Mississippi flood
That's why I'm crying Mississippi heavy water blues

I hope she come back, some day kind and true
Ain't no one satisfy her like her sweet papa do
That's why I'm crying Mississippi heavy water blues

I think I heard a moan, on the Arkansas side
Crying how long before sweet mama arrive
That's why I'm crying Mississippi heavy water blues

I'm in Mississippi, with mud all in my shoes
My girl in louisiana with those high water blues
That's why I'm crying Mississippi heavy water blues

Lord send me a sweet mama

Got plenty of muddy water, don't need no water cold
I need some sweet mama to send me daddy love
That's why I'm crying Mississippi heavy water blues

Nothing but muddy water, as far as I could see
I need some sweet mama, come shake that thing with me
That's why I'm crying Mississippi heavy water blues

Listen here you men, one more thing I'd like to say
Ain't no womens out here, for they all got washed away
That's why I'm crying Mississippi heavy water blues

Lord, Lord, Lord
Mississippi shakin'
Louisiana sinkin'
The whole towns a shrinkin'
Robert Hicks is Singin'
That's why I'm crying Mississippi heavy water blues