Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Hight Water Everywhere -, Pt. 1, artist - Charlie Patton. Date of issue: 15.05.2020
Song language: English
Hight Water Everywhere -, Pt. 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 |