Mississippi Heavy Water Blues

Mississippi Heavy Water Blues-Barbecue Bob (Robert Hicks)
Spanish tuning

I was walkin' down the levee with my head hangin' low
Lookin' for my sweet mama, ah, but she ain't here no more
REFRAIN: That's why I'm crying, Miss'ippi Heavy Water Blues

Lord, Lord, Lord, I'm so blue
My house got washed away, and I'm cryin' "How long 'fore another payday?"
REFRAIN: That's why I'm crying, Miss'ippi Heavy Water Blues

I'm sitting here looking at all of this mud
And my gal got washed away in that Mississippi flood
REFRAIN: That's why I'm crying, Miss'ippi Heavy Water Blues

I hope she come back someday, kind and true
Cain't no one satisfy her like her sweet papa do
REFRAIN: That's why I'm crying, Miss'ippi Heavy Water Blues

I think I heard a moan on that Arkansas side
Cryin', "How long, before sweet mama arrives?"
REFRAIN: That's why I'm crying, Miss'ippi Heavy Water Blues

I'm in Mississippi, with mud all in my shoes
My gal in Lou'siana with those high water blues
REFRAIN: That's why I'm crying, Miss'ippi Heavy Water Blues

(Spoken: Lord, send me a sweet mama)

Got plenty mud and water, don't need no wood or coal
All I need's some sweet mama, to just fill me jellyroll
REFRAIN: That's why I'm crying, 'sippi Heavy Water Blues

Nothin' but mud and water, far as I could see
I need some sweet mama, come and shake that thing with me
REFRAIN: That's why I'm crying, Miss'ippi Heavy Water Blues

Listen here, you mens, one more thing I'd like to say
Ain't no womens out here, for they all got washed away
REFRAIN: That's why I'm crying, Miss'ippi Heavy Water Blues

Lord, Lord, Lord, Mississippi shakin'
Lou'siana sinkin', the whole town's da-rinkin', Robert Hicks is singin'
REFRAIN: That's why I'm crying, Miss'ippi Heavy Water Blues

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