Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere Part 1 lyrics

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

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

I'm going 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

I would go down to Rosedale
But they tell me there's water there

Back water at Blytheville
Backed up all around
Back water at Blytheville
Done struck Joiner town
It was fifty families and
Children tough luck, they can drown

The water was rising up in my friend's door
The water was risins up in my friend's door
The man said his womenfolk
"Lord we'd better go"

Oh Lordy, women is groaning down
Oh Lordy, women and children sinking down

I couldn't see nobody home
And was no one to be found