(John Lee Hooker 1959)
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A song which was a likely inspiration for Tupelo. Nick's song is also available.
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Tupelo Blues - John Lee Hooker (3:23) (from the album The Country Blues Of John Lee Hooker, Riverside 1959). Recorded several more times, issued as Vee Jay single "Tupelo (Backwater Blues) / Dusty Road", June 1960; also on 1962 Vee Jay album "The Folklore of John Lee Hooker" as "Tupelo". Also issued a live recording from Newport Folk Festival in the early 60s.
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Did ya read about the flood?
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Happened long time ago,
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In Tupelo, Mississippi.
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There were thousands o' lives,
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Destroyed.
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It rained, it rained,
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Both night and day.
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The poor people was worried.
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Didn't have no place to go.
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Could hear may people, cryin' "Lord!"
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Have mercy!"
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'Cause you're the only one,
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That we can turn to"
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Happened a long time ago.
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A little town,
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Way back in Mississippi,
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In Tupelo
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Hm-mm, Hm-mm, Hm-mm-mm,
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Hm-mm, Hm-mm, Hm-mm-mm,
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Hm- mm, Hm-mm-mm,
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Hm-mm, Hm-mm, Hm-mm-mm,
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There was women, and there was children,
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They were screamin' an' cryin',
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Cryin', "Lord, have mercy!
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You're the only one now, that we can turn to."
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Way back down in Mississippi, a little country town.
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I know ya read about it,
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'Cause I'll never forget it.
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The mighty flood in Tupelo, Mississippi.
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Been years ago.
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Hm-mm, Hm-mm Hm-mm-mm,
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Oh-hoh, Oh- hoh Oh-oh-oh
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Oh-hmm, Lord, have mercy!
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Wasn't that a mighty time? Tupelo's gone.
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Tupelo Blues
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| Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds |
