The Flood (Single Version)

The Flood - The Stanley Brothers/The Clinch Mountain Boys

Written by：Ralph Stanley/Carter Stanley

Come listen good people

Wherever you are

And hear a sad story

You've been waiting for

About the flood of '57

As it happened to be

In Kentucky Old Virginia

And East Tennessee

How the rains came down

And we often had seen

To swim a broad river

Or some little stream

But this one was different

And we soon realized

That the floods were raging

And we fought for our lives

Many were afraid

As never before

As the high muddy water

Came in through their door

Some were left homeless

Their life savings gone

But their lives had been spared

And the cold rains came on

Little babies were crying

And others were sad

For in all our lives

We'd seen nothing so bad

But the brave and the strong

Were there by the score

To help the sick and needy

To safety on the shore

How we all escaped it

I never will know

It must've been god's will

It was not time to go

And by the help of his mercy

Some managed to smile

And pass the disaster

While the waters run wild