I wants to go back to Helena, the high waters got me bogged.
I wants to go back to Helena, the high waters got me bogged.
I woke up early this mornin', a water hole in my back yard.
They want me to work on the levee, I have to leave my home.
They want to work on the levee, that I have to leave my home.
I was so scared the levee might break out and I may drown.
The water was round my windows and backin' all up in my door.
The water was all up 'round my windows and backin' all up in my door.
I'd rather to leave my home 'cause I can't live there no more.
The police run me all from Cairo, all through Arkansas.
The police run me all from Cairo, all through Arkansas.
And put me in jail, behind those cold iron bars.
The police say work, fight, or go to jail, I say I ain't totin' no sack.
Police say work, fight, or go to jail, I say I ain't totin' no sack.
And I ain't buildin' no levee, the planks is on the ground and I ain't drivin' no nails.
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- Miscellaneous
- Careless Love (1925 - 1948)
- I Did All I Could
- Hot Fingers
- Swing Out Rhythm
- Falling Rain Blues
- Johnson Junction (The Blues District)
- Jazz Legends: Lonnie Johnson
- Get Yourself Together
- Lonnie Johnson, Vol. 1 (Remastered)
- Lonnie Johnson, Vol. 2 (Remastered)
- Rhythm of Blues (Remastered)
- Blues Guitar
- Colours of Music History (Remastered)
- Colours of Blues Music (Remastered)
- The Essential Tracks (Remastered)
- The Essential Blues Tracks (Remastered)
- Fabulous Blues Collection (Remastered)
- No More Troubles Now
- The Old Wild Shadow