Mississippi Flood, The (The Murrumbidgee Flood)

DESCRIPTION: "Another great disaster has come upon our land, Down where the Mississippi flows on her way so grand." A great flood comes. The levee breaks. Many are killed. The singer has no explanation but believes the dead will have crowns in heaven
AUTHOR: Carson J. Robison?
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (Scott-ACollectorsNotebook-31TraditionalSongs)
KEYWORDS: death disaster river flood
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1927 - Mississippi River floods, devastating the Delta region and leaving thousands homeless
FOUND IN: US(So) Australia
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Scott-ACollectorsNotebook-31TraditionalSongs, p. 12, "The Murrumbidgee Flood" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #10441 and 22608
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Mighty Mississippi" (subject) and references there
NOTES [84 words]: Scott calls this the "Murrumbidgee Flood," but admits in his notes that the singer called it the "Mississippi Flood," although he heard another version in which the river was the Murrumbidgee. It's not really surprising that a song about the Mississippi was known in Australia, since it was recorded by Vernon Dalhart. Roud splits the versions about the two rivers (the American versions are Roud #10441, Scott's version is #22608), but I'd call them the same, given that Scott rewrote his version. - RBW
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