In the delta sun, down in Arkansas

It’s the great god bird with it’s alter call

And the sewing machine, the industrial god

On the great bayou were they saw it fall

It’s the great god bird down in Arkansas

And the hunters beware, or the fishers fall

And paradise might close from its safe flight flawed

It’s the great god bird through it all

And the watchers beware, lest they see it fall

And paradise might laugh when at last it falls

And the sewing machine, the industrial god

It’s the great god bird with it’s alter call

Yes, it’s the great god bird with it’s alter call

Yes, it’s the great god bird through it all