It rained five days Lord and the clouds turned as dark as night   It rained five days and the clouds turned as dark as night   Lord that was really enough trouble to make a poor man wonder where in the world to go      I got up one morning, poor me I couldn't get even get out of my door   I got up one morning, poor me I couldn't get even get out of my door   Lord that was really enough trouble to make a poor man wonder where in the world to go      Now they rowed a little boat just about five miles across the farm   Yeah they rowed a little boat down about five miles across the farm   Lord I packed up all of my clothes and throwed them in and I declare they rowed poor old Bill along      Then I went and I stood up on a high, high old lonesome hill   Yes I went and I stood up on a high, high old lonesome hill   Lord and all I could do was look down on the house baby where I used to live      Now it thundered and it lightnin'd, Lord and the wind, wind began to blow   Now it thundered and it lightnin'd, Lord and the wind, wind began to blow   Lord there was thousands and thousands of poor people at that time didn't have no place to go