Down from heaven
\nOut of the sky
\nFamilies huddled
\nGrown men cried
\nTowns were flooded
\nFarmlands drowned
\nThen came the surging
\nMississippi flood tide<\/p>\n
The deluge flowed
\nDown the Mississip
\nA tragic, sordid story
\nWhite folk got
\nWhat help was had
\nBlack folk; just more misery<\/p>\n
Forced at gunpoint
\nTo work the docks
\nNo pay coming
\nNo false hopes
\nStarving and sick
\nHerded like cattle
\nConstricted
\nBedraggled<\/p>\n
So with a gunny sack
\nAnd the clothes on their back
\nSome headed north
\nAlong the railroad track
\nFarms washed away
\nHomes destroyed
\nFled for St Louis
\nChicago and Detroit<\/p>\n
Escaping Jim Crow\u2019s
\nLiving hell
\nTo like the crowded strip
\nOf Bronzeville
\nJobs and slightly
\nLess oppression there
\nBut soon the Great Depression
\nMore despair<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Down from heaven Out of the sky Families huddled Grown men cried Towns were flooded Farmlands drowned Then came the surging Mississippi flood tide The deluge flowed Down the Mississip A tragic, sordid story White folk got What help was … Continue reading