Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song High Water Everywhere (Part 1) , by - Charlie Patton. Release date: 26.02.2012
Song language: English
High Water Everywhere (Part 1) |
| Well, backwater done rose all around Sumner now, |
| drove me down the line |
| Backwater done rose at Sumner, |
| drove poor Charley down the line |
| Lord, I’ll tell the world the water, |
| done crept through this town |
| Lord, the whole round country, |
| Lord, river has overflowed |
| Lord, the whole round country, |
| man, is overflowed |
| You know I can’t stay here, |
| I’ll go where it’s high, boy |
| I would goto the hilly country, |
| but, they got me barred |
| Now, look-a here now at Leland |
| river was risin' high |
| Look-a here boys around Leland tell me, |
| river was raisin' high |
| Boy, it’s risin' over there, yeah |
| I’m gonna move to Greenville |
| fore I leave, goodbye |
| Look-a here the water now, Lordy, |
| Levee broke, rose most everywhere |
| The water at Greenville and Leland, |
| Lord, it done rose everywhere |
| Boy, you can’t never stay here |
| I would go down to Rosedale |
| but, they tell me there’s water there |
| Now, the water now, mama, |
| done took Charley’s town |
| Well, they tell me the water, |
| done took Charley’s town |
| Boy, I’m goin' to Vicksburg |
| Well, I’m goin' to Vicksburg, |
| for that high of mine |
| I am goin' up that water, |
| where lands don’t never flow |
| Well, I’m goin' over the hill where, |
| water, oh don’t ever flow |
| Boy, hit Sharkey County and everything was down in Stovall |
| But, that whole county was leavin', |
| over that Tallahatchie shore Boy, |
| went to Tallahatchie and got it over there |
| Lord, the water done rushed all over, |
| down old Jackson road |
| Lord, the water done raised, |
| over the Jackson road |
| Boy, it starched my clothes |
| I’m goin' back to the hilly country, |
| won’t be worried no more |