Mississippi Heavy Water Blues

from Home by Uncle Jake & the 18 Wheel Gang

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I went down to the levee with my head hangin' low,
Lookin for my sweet mama, but she ain't there no more
The rain was fallin heavy and it washed her house away,
I'm prayin' lord, I'm prayin' I'll see her again some day

That's what I'm crying, that's what I'm crying,
Ooh, Mississippi heavy water blues

I think I heard a muskrat on that Arkansas side,
Screamin', "How long 'til your sweet mama arrive?"
I'm here in Mississippi with mud all up in my shoes,
She's down in the Louisiana with them high-water blues

That's what I'm crying, that's what I'm crying,
Ooh, Mississippi heavy water blues

I'm walkin' down that road with my head all in my hands,
Lookin' for a woman that ain't got no man,
I hope she come back to me, some day kind and true,
Nobody satisfies her like her sweet papa do

That's what I'm crying, that's what I'm crying,
Ooh, Mississippi heavy water blues

I went down to the levee with my head hangin' low,
Lookin for my sweet mama, but she ain't there no more
The rain was fallin heavy and it washed her house away,
I'm prayin' lord, I'm prayin' I'll see her again some day

That's what I'm crying, that's what I'm crying,
Ooh, Mississippi heavy water blues

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from Home, released September 17, 2019
Arrangement with Lyrics by Stephan Lopez

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Uncle Jake & the 18 Wheel Gang Port Clinton, Pennsylvania

UJ18 is banjo-clangin' folk music from Pennsylvanian Appalachia. They play floor-stompers and mountain ballads that are traditionally originals, as well as a few that are originally traditionals.

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