High Water Everywhere-Charley Patton

High Water Everywhere (Part 1) - Charley Patton Well backwater done rose all around Sumner now Drove me down the line Backwater done rose at Sumner Drove poor Charley down the line And I'll tell the world the water Done crept through this town Lord the whole round country Lord river has overflowed Lord the whole round country Man is overflowed You know I can't stay here I'll go where it's high boy I would go to the hilly country But they got me barred Now look a here now at Leland River was rising high Look a here boys around Leland tell me River was raising high Boy it's rising over there yeah I'm gonna move to Greenville Fore I leave goodbye Look a here the water now Lordy Levee broke rose most everywhere The water at Greenville and Leland Lord it done rose everywhere 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 going to Vicksburg Well I'm going to Vicksburg For that high of mine I am going up that water Where lands don't never flow Well I'm going 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 leaving 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 going back to the hilly country Won't be worried no more