2_I woke up this morning, 
wouldn't even get out my door (twice)
Enough trouble to make a poor girl 
wonder where she gonna go
3_They rowed a little boat about 5 miles'cross the 
farm (x2) I packed up all my cothing throwed it in & 
they rowed me along / 4_It thundered & it lightened & 
the winds began to blow (x2) There was a 1000 
women dindn't have no place to go/ 5_I went out to 
the lonesome high old lonesome hill (x2) I looked down 
 on on the old house where i used to live/ 6_ 
Blackwater blues have caused me to pack up my 
things & go (x2) 'cause my house fell down & I can't 
live there no more/ 7_Mmmm I can't live there no more
(x2) & there ain't no place for a poor old girl to go