Lyrics to Floating Bridge

Now I never will forget : that floating bridge

Tell me five minutes time : under water I was hid



When I was going down : I throwed up my hands

Please : take me on dry land



Now they carried me in the house : and they laid me

across the bank

About a gallon and a half of muddy water : I had drank



They dried me off : and they laid me in the bed

Couldn't hear nothing : but muddy water running through

my head



Now my mother often taught me : quit playing a bum

Go somewhere : settle down and make a crop



Now the people standing on the bridge : screaming and

crying

Lord have mercy : where we going