High Water Everywhere (Part 2)
by 
Charley Patton 
recording of 1929-1934 
from 
Charley Patton: Founder Of The Delta Blues (Yazoo L-1020) 
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 
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Note: see note for part 1