所属专辑:Magnolia Blues (The Complete Recordings 1929, Vol. 2)
歌手: Charley Patton
时长: 03:01
High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1 - Charley Patton[00:00:00]
Well backwater done rose all around Sumner now[00:00:03]
Drove me down the line[00:00:07]
Backwater done rose at Sumner[00:00:13]
Drove poor Charley down the line[00:00:15]
Lord I'll tell the world the water[00:00:22]
Done crept through this town[00:00:25]
Lord the whole round country[00:00:30]
Lord river has overflowed[00:00:32]
Lord the whole round country[00:00:34]
Man is overflowed[00:00:41]
You know I can't stay here[00:00:44]
I'll go where it's high boy[00:00:45]
I would goto the hilly country[00:00:49]
But they got me barred[00:00:52]
Now look a here now at Leland[00:00:56]
River was risin' high[00:00:59]
Look a here boys around Leland tell me[00:01:04]
River was raisin' high[00:01:07]
Boy it's risin' over there yeah[00:01:10]
I'm gonna move to Greenville[00:01:14]
Fore I leave goodbye[00:01:17]
Look a here the water now lordy[00:01:21]
Levee broke rose most everywhere[00:01:23]
The water at Greenville and Leland[00:01:30]
Lord it done rose everywhere[00:01:33]
Boy you can't never stay here[00:01:35]
I would go down to Rosedale[00:01:39]
But they tell me there's water there[00:01:41]
Now the water now mama[00:01:46]
Done took Charley's town[00:01:49]
Well they tell me the water[00:01:54]
Done took Charley's town[00:01:57]
Boy I'm going to Vicksburg[00:02:00]
Well I'm going to Vicksburg[00:02:03]
For that high of mine[00:02:06]
I am going up that water[00:02:10]
Where lands don't never flow[00:02:12]
Well I'm going over the hill where[00:02:17]
Water oh don't ever flow[00:02:20]
Boy hit sharkey county and everything was down in Stovall[00:02:23]
But that whole county was leavin'[00:02:28]
Over that Tallahatchie shore boy[00:02:31]
Went to Tallahatchie and got it over there[00:02:34]
Lord the water done rushed all over[00:02:37]
Down old Jackson road[00:02:39]
Lord the water done raised[00:02:44]
Over the Jackson road[00:02:47]
Boy it starched my clothes[00:02:50]
I'm going back to the hilly country[00:02:53]
Won't be worried no more[00:02:56]