[03:07.00]High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1 - Charley Patton
[03:07.00]Well, backwater done rose all around Sumner now,
[03:07.00]Drove me down the line
[03:07.00]Backwater done rose at Sumner,
[03:07.00]Drove poor Charley down the line
[03:07.00]Lord, I'll tell the world the water,
[03:07.00]Done crept through this town
[03:07.00]Lord, the whole round country,
[03:07.00]Lord, river has overflowed
[03:07.00]Lord, the whole round country,
[03:07.00]Man, is overflowed
[03:07.00]You know I can't stay here,
[03:07.00]I'll go where it's high, boy
[03:07.00]I would goto the hilly country,
[03:07.00]But, they got me barred
[03:07.00]Now, look-a here now at Leland
[03:07.00]River was risin' high
[03:07.00]Look-a here boys around Leland tell me,
[03:07.00]River was raisin' high
[03:07.00]Boy, it's risin' over there, yeah
[03:07.00]I'm gonna move to Greenville
[03:07.00]Fore I leave, goodbye
[03:07.00]Look-a here the water now, Lordy,
[03:07.00]Levee broke, rose most everywhere
[03:07.00]The water at Greenville and Leland,
[03:07.00]Lord, it done rose everywhere
[03:07.00]Boy, you can't never stay here
[03:07.00]I would go down to Rosedale
[03:07.00]But, they tell me there's water there
[03:07.00]Now, the water now, mama,
[03:07.00]Done took Charley's town
[03:07.00]Well, they tell me the water,
[03:07.00]Done took Charley's town
[03:07.00]Boy, I'm goin' to Vicksburg
[03:07.00]Well, I'm goin' to Vicksburg,
[03:07.00]For that high of mine
[03:07.00]I am goin' up that water,
[03:07.00]Where lands don't never flow
[03:07.00]Well, I'm goin' over the hill where,
[03:07.00]Water, oh don't ever flow
[03:07.00]Boy, hit Sharkey County and everything was down in Stovall
[03:07.00]But, that whole county was leavin',
[03:07.00]Over that Tallahatchie shore Boy,
[03:07.00]Went to Tallahatchie and got it over there
[03:07.00]Lord, the water done rushed all over,
[03:07.00]Down old Jackson road
[03:07.00]Lord, the water done raised,
[03:07.00]Over the Jackson road
[03:07.00]Boy, it starched my clothes
[03:07.00]I'm goin' back to the hilly country,
[03:07.00]Won't be worried no more