Backwater Blues Lyrics - Leadbelly

When it rains five days and the skies turn dark as night 

When it rains five days and the skies turn dark as night 

Then trouble's takin' place 

In the lowlands at night 

I woke up this mornin', can't even get out of my door 

I woke up this mornin', can't even get out of my door 

There's been enough trouble 

To make a poor girl wonder where she wants to go 

Then they rowed a little boat about five miles 'cross the pond 

Then they rowed a little boat about five miles 'cross the pond 

I packed all my clothes 

Throwed them in and they rowed me along 

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When it thunders and lightnin' and when the wind begins to blow 

When it thunders and lightnin' and the wind begins to blow 

There's thousands of people 

Ain't got no place to go 

Then I went and stood upon some high old lonesome hill 

Then I went and stood upon some high old lonesome hill 

Then looked down on the house 

Where I used to live 

Backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go 

Backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go 

'Cause my house fell down 

And I can't live there no more 

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I can't move no more 

I can't move no more 

There ain't no place 

For a poor old girl to go