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When the Levee Breaks - Memphis Minnie



     
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If it keeps on rainin' levee's goin' to break
If it keeps on rainin' levee's goin' to break
And the water gonnna come in and we'll have no place to stayWell all last night I sat on the levee and moan
Well all last night I sat on the levee and moan
Thinkin' 'bout my baby and my happy homeIf it keeps on rainin' levee's goin' to break
If it keeps on rainin' levee's goin' to break
And all these people will have no place to stayNow look here mama what am I to do?
Now look here mama what am I, I to do?
I ain't got nobody to tell my troubles toI worked on the levee mama both night and day
I worked on the levee mama both night and day
I ain't got nobody to keep the water awayOh cryin' won't help you prayin' won't do no good
Oh cryin' won't help you prayin' won't do no good
Whenever the levee breaks mom you got to loseI worked on the levee mama both night and day
I worked on the levee mama both night and day
I worked so hard to keep the water awayI had a woman, she wouldn't do for me
I had a woman, she wouldn't do for me
I'm going back to my used to beOh mean old levee taught me to weep and moan
Yeah the mean old levee taught me to weep and moan

Told me leave my baby and my happy home

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Memphis Minnie (born Lizzie Douglas in Algiers, Louisiana, June 3, 1897 – August 6, 1973) was an American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter from the late 1920s to the 1950s, one of the most influential country blues musicians to have ever recorded. Lizzie Douglas was born on June 3, 1897 in Algiers, Louisiana. She was the eldest from her 13 other siblings. Her parents Abe and Gertrude Douglas nicknamed her the Kid during her early childhood. At the age of 7 she and her family moved to Walls, Mississippi, which was just south of Memphis.

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