Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song High Water Part 1, artist - Charlie Patton. Date of issue: 28.02.2010
Song language: English
High Water Part 1 |
| The back water done rolled lord, and tumbled, drove me down the line |
| The back water done rolled and tumbled, drove poor Charley down the line |
| Lord, i’ll tell the world the water done struck Drew’s town |
| Lord the whole round country, lord creek water is overflowed |
| Lord the whole round country, man, is overflowed |
| (spoken: you know, i can’t stay here, i’m bound to go where it’s high boy.) |
| I would go to the hill country, but |
| they got me barred |
| Now looky now, in |
| Leland |
| , Lord, river is rising high |
| Looky here, boys around Leland tell me river is raging high |
| (spoken: boy, it’s rising over there, yeah.) |
| I’m |
| going over to Greenville, bought our ticket |
| s, good bye |
| Looky here, the water dug out, Lordy, |
| levee broke |
| , rolled most everywhere |
| The water at Greeville and Leland, Lord, it done rose everywhere |
| (spoken: boy, you can’t never stay here.) |
| I would go down to Rosedale, but they tell me there’s water there |
| Back water at Blytheville, backed up all around |
| Back water at Blytheville, done struck Joiner town |
| It was fifty families and children. |
| Tough luck, they can drown |
| The water was rising up in my friend’s door |
| The water was risins up in my friend’s door |
| The man said his womenfolk, «Lord we’d better go» |