High Water Everywhere
作曲 : Patton
The song was originally done by
Delta Bluesman
Charley Patton.
Not sure if
JB used them exactly, but
I found two versions.
Have at it . . .
High Water
Everywhere
Part IWell, 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
Lelandriver 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
Greenvillefore
I leave, goodbye
Look-a here the water now,
Lordy,Leveebroke, 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
Rosedalebut, 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
VicksburgWell,
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
StovallBut, that whole county was leavin',over that
Tallahatchieshore
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 morego to top of page
Charley Patton
Backwater at
Blytheville, backed up all around
Backwater at
Blytheville, done took
Joiner town
It was fifty families and children come to sink and drown
The water was risin' up at my friend's door
The water was risin' up at my friend's door
The man said to his women folk, "Lord, we'd better go"
The water was risin', got up in my bed
Lord, the water was rollin', got up to my bed
I thought
I would take a trip,
Lord, out on the big ice sled
Oh, I can hear,
Lord, Lord, water upon my door,you know what
I mean, look-a here
I hear the ice,
Lord, Lord, was sinkin' down,
I couldn't get no boats there,
Marion City gone down
So high the water was risin' our men sinkin' down
Man, the water was risin' at places all around,boy, they's all around
It was fifty men and children come to sink and drown
Oh, Lordy, women and grown men drown
Oh, women and children sinkin' down
Lord, have mercy
I couldn't see nobody's home and wasn't no one to be found
High Water EverywhereLRC歌词
作曲 : Patton
The song was originally done by
Delta Bluesman
Charley Patton.
Not sure if
JB used them exactly, but
I found two versions.
Have at it . . .
High Water
Everywhere
Part IWell, 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
Lelandriver 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
Greenvillefore
I leave, goodbye
Look-a here the water now,
Lordy,Leveebroke, 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
Rosedalebut, 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
VicksburgWell,
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
StovallBut, that whole county was leavin',over that
Tallahatchieshore
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 morego to top of page
Charley Patton
Backwater at
Blytheville, backed up all around
Backwater at
Blytheville, done took
Joiner town
It was fifty families and children come to sink and drown
The water was risin' up at my friend's door
The water was risin' up at my friend's door
The man said to his women folk, "Lord, we'd better go"
The water was risin', got up in my bed
Lord, the water was rollin', got up to my bed
I thought
I would take a trip,
Lord, out on the big ice sled
Oh, I can hear,
Lord, Lord, water upon my door,you know what
I mean, look-a here
I hear the ice,
Lord, Lord, was sinkin' down,
I couldn't get no boats there,
Marion City gone down
So high the water was risin' our men sinkin' down
Man, the water was risin' at places all around,boy, they's all around
It was fifty men and children come to sink and drown
Oh, Lordy, women and grown men drown
Oh, women and children sinkin' down
Lord, have mercy
I couldn't see nobody's home and wasn't no one to be found
