Flood songs
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Flood songs
Houston has a few seasons: warm, rainy, hot and humid, and dang hot. I It is now rainy season, with flooding a realistic possibility every time it rains. Right now, it is raining so hard, I can't see the other side of the parking lot. With my dancing cancelled for the evening due to a flood warning, I am reminded that I still haven't come up with enough songs to fill a CD that properly honor the power of the flood. Any suggestions?
Terrible Flood Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
Southern Flood Blues - Big BIll Broonzy
Texas Flood - Buddy Guy
Wade in the Water - Eva Cassidy
Terrible Flood Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
Southern Flood Blues - Big BIll Broonzy
Texas Flood - Buddy Guy
Wade in the Water - Eva Cassidy
"Tupelo" - John Lee Hooker
Did you read about the flood?
It happened long time ago, in a little country town, way back in Mississippi
It rained and it rained, it rained both night and day
The people got worried, they began to cry,
"Lord have mercy, where can we go now?"
There were women and there was children, screaming and crying,
"Lord have mercy and a great disaster, who can we turn to now, but you?"
The great flood of Tupelo, Mississippi
It happened one evenin', one Friday evenin', a long time ago,
it rained and it started rainin'
The people of Tupelo, out on the farm gathering their harvest,
a dark cloud rolled, way back in Tupelo, Mississippi
Wasn't that a mighty time,
wasn't that a mighty time?
Wasn't that a mighty time,
a mighty time, that evenin'?
It rained, both night and day
The poor people that had no place to go, hmm,hmm
A little town, called Tupelo, Mississippi
I never forget it and I know you won't either.
Did you read about the flood?
It happened long time ago, in a little country town, way back in Mississippi
It rained and it rained, it rained both night and day
The people got worried, they began to cry,
"Lord have mercy, where can we go now?"
There were women and there was children, screaming and crying,
"Lord have mercy and a great disaster, who can we turn to now, but you?"
The great flood of Tupelo, Mississippi
It happened one evenin', one Friday evenin', a long time ago,
it rained and it started rainin'
The people of Tupelo, out on the farm gathering their harvest,
a dark cloud rolled, way back in Tupelo, Mississippi
Wasn't that a mighty time,
wasn't that a mighty time?
Wasn't that a mighty time,
a mighty time, that evenin'?
It rained, both night and day
The poor people that had no place to go, hmm,hmm
A little town, called Tupelo, Mississippi
I never forget it and I know you won't either.
Re: Flood songs
Actually, that's a Stevie Ray Vaughn song... or at least he did it first in 1983. (His first album was "Texas Flood" if I recall correctly). Buddy did it as a tribute to Stevie.Platypus wrote: Texas Flood - Buddy Guy
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