High Water Everywhere (Live)

The song was originally done by

Delta Bluesman

Charley Patton.

Not sure if

JB used them exactly, but

I found two versions.

Have at it . . .

High Water

Everywhere

Part IWell, backwater done rose all around

Sumner now, drove me down the line

Backwater done rose at

Sumner,drove poor

Charley down the line

Lord, 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 goto the hilly country,but, they got me barred

Now, look-a here now at

Lelandriver was risin' high

Look-a here boys around

Leland tell me,river was raisin' high

Boy, it's risin' over there, yeah

I'm gonna move to

Greenvillefore

I leave, goodbye

Look-a here the water now,

Lordy,Leveebroke, 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

Rosedalebut, 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

VicksburgWell,

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

StovallBut, that whole county was leavin',over that

Tallahatchieshore

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 morego to top of page

Charley Patton

Backwater at

Blytheville, backed up all around

Backwater at

Blytheville, done took

Joiner town

It was fifty families and children come to sink and drown

The water was risin' up at my friend's door

The water was risin' up at my friend's door

The man said to his women folk, "Lord, we'd better go"

The water was risin', got up in my bed

Lord, the water was rollin', got up to my bed

I thought

I would take a trip,

Lord, out on the big ice sled

Oh, I can hear,

Lord, Lord, water upon my door,you know what

I mean, look-a here

I hear the ice,

Lord, Lord, was sinkin' down,

I couldn't get no boats there,

Marion City gone down

So high the water was risin' our men sinkin' down

Man, the water was risin' at places all around,boy, they's all around

It was fifty men and children come to sink and drown

Oh, Lordy, women and grown men drown

Oh, women and children sinkin' down

Lord, have mercy

I couldn't see nobody's home and wasn't no one to be found