Look yonder! Look yonder! Look yonder! A big black cloud come! Yonder on the horizon Yonder on the horizon Distant thunder rumble. Distant thunder rumble Rumble hungry like the Beast Tupelo bound. Tupelo-o-o. Yeah Tupelo The Beast it cometh, Tupelo bound Why the hen won't lay no egg Can't get that cock to crow You can say these streets are rivers You can call these rivers streets Oh go to sleep little children The sandmans on his way In Tupelo! Tupelo-o-o! Til The King is born in Tupelo! In a clapboard shack with a roof of tin Where the rain came down and leaked within Tupelo-o-o! Oh Tupelo! With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw Saturday gives what Sunday steals And a child is born at a brothers' heels Tupelo-o-o! Hey Tupelo! In a shoebox buried with a ribbon of red Oh the mama rock you little one slow Mama rock your baby Tupelo-o-o! Yeah Tupelo! And carry the burden of Tupelo Tupelo-o-o! Oh Tupelo! Yeah! The King will walk on Tupelo! Tupelo-o-o! Oh Tupelo! He carried the burden out of Tupelo! Tupelo-o-o! Hey Tupelo! You will reap just what you sow