Tupelo Blues — текст песни (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds)

(John Lee Hooker 1959)

A song which was a likely inspiration for Tupelo. Nick`s song is also available.

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.

Did ya read about the flood?
Happened long time ago,
In Tupelo, Mississippi.
There were thousands o` lives,
Destroyed.

It rained, it rained,
Both night and day.
The poor people was worried.
Didn`t have no place to go.
Could hear may people, cryin` "Lord!"
Have mercy!"
`Cause you`re the only one,
That we can turn to"
Happened a long time ago.
A little town,
Way back in Mississippi,
In Tupelo

Hm-mm, Hm-mm, Hm-mm-mm,
Hm-mm, Hm-mm, Hm-mm-mm,
Hm- mm, Hm-mm-mm,
Hm-mm, Hm-mm, Hm-mm-mm,


There was women, and there was children,
They were screamin` an` cryin`,
Cryin`, "Lord, have mercy!
You`re the only one now, that we can turn to."


Way back down in Mississippi, a little country town.
I know ya read about it,
`Cause I`ll never forget it.
The mighty flood in Tupelo, Mississippi.
Been years ago.

Hm-mm, Hm-mm Hm-mm-mm,
Oh-hoh, Oh- hoh Oh-oh-oh
Hm-mm-mm
Oh-hmm, Lord, have mercy!
Wasn`t that a mighty time? Tupelo`s gone.