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When the Levee Breaks

Memphis Minnie

Country Blues

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Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie When the Levee Breaks - Famous 1927 Mississippi River Flood

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Credits

AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN

Memphis Minnie

Gitarre

Joe McCoy

Gitarre

Adam Block

Dirigent:in

Adam Sieff

Dirigent:in

KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT

Minnie McCoy

Komponist:in

Joe McCoy

Komponist:in

PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK

Lawrence Cohn

Produzent:in

David Mitson

Mastering-Ingenieur:in

Lyrics

If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break

If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break

And the water gonna come in, have no place to stay

Well 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 home

If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break

If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break

And all these people have no place to stay

Now look here mama what am I to do

Now look here mama what am I to do

I ain't got nobody to tell my troubles to

I works on the levee mama both night and day

I works on the levee mama both night and day

I ain't got nobody, keep the water away

Oh cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do no good

Oh cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do no good

When the levee breaks, mama, you got to lose

I works on the levee, mama both night and day

I works on the levee, mama both night and day

I works so hard, to keep the water away

I had a woman, she wouldn't do for me

I had a woman, she wouldn't do for me

I'm goin' back to my used to be

I's a mean old levee, cause me to weep and moan

I's a mean old levee, cause me to weep and moan

Gonna leave my baby, and my happy home

Written by: Kansas Joe McCoy, Memphis Minnie

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