| 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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| Levee 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 Boy,
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| 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 |