high water everywhere part i well 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 leland river 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 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 goin to vicksburg well 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 stovall but that whole county was leavin 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 goin back to the hilly country won t be worried no more go to top of page high water everywhere 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