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 move over to Greenville, bought our tickets, 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.
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.
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 move over to Greenville, bought our tickets, 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.
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.
inviata da Pluck - 23/1/2025 - 08:20
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"High Water Everywhere" is a Delta blues song recorded in 1929 by the blues singer Charley Patton. The song is about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and how it affected residents of the Mississippi Delta,* particularly the mistreatment of African Americans.
“I would go to the hill country but they got me barred".
Patton was likely referring to the levee in Greenville, Mississippi, where black people were held in the aftermath of the flood and not allowed to leave. They were bound to the custody of the landowners for whom they served as sharecroppers and could not go where they wanted to.The song features Patton's intense vocals and rapid beating on the guitar body. It is regarded as one of the finest of his recordings and considered by some his magnum opus.
Bob Dylan paid tribute to the song in his 2001 "High Water (For Charley Patton)". Wikipedia