[snippy_about_it]

Oh my goodness. I don't know this.

You never heard this feather? No kidding?

Two versions:

Lord willin' and the creek (pronounced crick) don't rise
and
Lord willin' and the saints don't rise.

Of course the first one and you'd drown, the second would be referencing the second coming. :-)

[Soaring Feather]

Oh I have heard the adage, but not its source.