A flood caught me in Cincinatta, my people in Louisville Yeah, flood caught me in Cincinatta, and my people in Louisville I axed Uncle Sam to help me, please do that if you will I'm lookin' for my mother and my brother, I was wonderin', where can they be? Yea, lookin' for my mother and brother, I was wonderin', where can they be? Hey, maybe they're in Memphis, I believe I'll go and see I started walkin' down the levee, I was lookin' high and low Yea, started walkin' down the levee, I was lookin' high and low If they ain't in Memphis, I wonder where did they go? Well, Lord, have mercy, do something for me Yea, Lord, have mercy, do something for me Hey, I seed my baby drowndin' unbeneath a willow tree Yes, I'm goin' to Wyoming, where the water don't get so high Yea, I'm goin' to Wyoming, where the water don't get so high I'm gon' go up on the highest mountain and stay there till I die