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Well, backwater done rose all around Sumner now,
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drove me down the line
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Backwater done rose at Sumner,
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drove poor Charley down the line
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Lord, I'll tell the world the water,
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done crept through this town
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Lord, the whole round country,
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Lord, river has overflowed
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Lord, the whole round country,
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man, is overflowed
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You know I can't stay here,
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I'll go where it's high, boy
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I would goto the hilly country,
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but, they got me barred
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Now, look-a here now at Leland,
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river was risin' high
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Look-a here boys around Leland tell me,
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river was raisin' high
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Boy, it's risin' over there, yeah
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I'm gonna move to Greenville,
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fore I leave, goodbye
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Look-a here the water now, Lordy,
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Levee1 broke, rose most everywhere
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The water at Greenville and Leland,
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Lord, it done rose everywhere
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Boy, you can't never stay here
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I would go down to Rosedale,
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but, they tell me there's water there
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Now, the water now, mama,
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done took Charley's town
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Well, they tell me the water,
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done took Charley's town
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Boy, I'm goin' to Vicksburg
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Well, I'm goin' to Vicksburg,
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for that high of mine
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I am goin' up that water,
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where lands don't never flow
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Well, I'm goin' over the hill where,
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water, oh don't ever flow
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Boy, hit Sharkey County and everything was down in Stovall
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But, that whole county was leavin',
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over that Tallahatchie shore
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Boy, went to Tallahatchie and got it over there
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Lord, the water done rushed all over,
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down old Jackson road
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Lord, the water done raised,
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over the Jackson road
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Boy, it starched my clothes
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I'm goin' back to the hilly country,
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won't be worried no more
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High Water Everywhere (Part 1)
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| Charley Patton |
