High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1-Charley Patton

[ti:High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1] [ar:Charley Patton] [al:The Very Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1 - Charley Patton [00:03.24]Well backwater done rose all around Sumner now [00:06.85] [00:07.60]Drove me down the line [00:10.10] [00:12.85]Backwater done rose at Sumner [00:16.21]Drove poor Charley down the line [00:18.65] [00:21.77]Lord I'll tell the world the water [00:25.14]Done crept through this town [00:27.26] [00:29.20]Lord the whole round country [00:32.21]Lord river has overflowed [00:34.77] [00:37.64]Lord the whole round country [00:40.62]Man is overflowed [00:42.80] [00:43.42]You know I can't stay here [00:45.12]I'll go where it's high boy [00:47.79]I would goto the hilly country [00:50.92]But they got me barred [00:53.03] [00:54.90]Now look-a here now at Leland [00:57.40] [00:58.03]River was risin' high [01:00.34] [01:03.09]Look-a here boys around Leland tell me [01:06.21]River was raisin' high [01:08.63]Boy it's risin' over there yeah [01:11.31] [01:11.94]I'm gonna move to Greenville [01:15.00]Fore I leave goodbye [01:17.05] [01:19.00]Look-a here the water now Lordy [01:21.61]Levee broke rose most everywhere [01:24.49] [01:27.47]The water at Greenville and Leland [01:30.60]Lord it done rose everywhere [01:33.03]Boy you can't never stay here [01:34.78] [01:36.28]I would go down to Rosedale [01:39.09]But they tell me there's water there [01:41.27] [01:43.20]Now the water now mama [01:45.58] [01:46.32]Done took Charley's town [01:48.13] [01:51.00]Well they tell me the water [01:53.19] [01:53.87]Done took Charley's town [01:55.87] [01:56.87]Boy I'm goin' to Vicksburg [01:58.62] [01:59.68]Well I'm goin' to Vicksburg [02:01.98] [02:02.60]For that high of mine [02:04.54] [02:06.48]I am goin' up that water [02:09.16]Where lands don't never flow [02:11.05] [02:13.84]Well I'm goin' over the hill where [02:16.09]Water oh don't ever flow [02:18.72] [02:19.46]Boy hit Sharkey County and everything was down in Stovall [02:23.33] [02:24.52]But that whole county was leavin' [02:27.39]Over that Tallahatchie shore Boy [02:30.13]Went to Tallahatchie and got it over there [02:32.19]Lord the water done rushed all over [02:35.30]Down old Jackson road [02:38.06] [02:39.93]Lord the water done raised [02:42.91]Over the Jackson road [02:44.79] [02:45.35]Boy it starched my clothes [02:48.62]I'm goin' back to the hilly country [02:51.55]Won't be worried no more