Lyrics Back Water Blues (with James P. Johnson) - Bessie Smith
When
it
rained
five
days
and
the
sky
turned
dark
as
night
When
it
rained
five
days
and
the
sky
turned
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
enough
trouble
to
make
a
poor
girl
wonder
where
she
wanna
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
'em
in
and
they
rowed
me
along
When
it
thunders
and
lightnin',
and
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
And
I
went
and
stood
up
on
some
high
old
lonesome
hill
And
I
went
and
stood
up
on
some
high
old
lonesome
hill
Then
looked
down
on
the
house
where
I
used
to
live
Backwater
blues
done
called
me
to
pack
my
things
and
go
Backwater
blues
done
called
me
to
pack
my
things
and
go
'Cause
my
house
fell
down
and
I
can't
live
there
no
more
Mmm,
I
can't
move
no
more
Mmm,
I
can't
move
no
more
There
ain't
no
place
for
a
poor
old
girl
to
go
1 Keep off the Grass
2 Carolina Shout
3 Worried and Lonesome Blues
4 You Can't Do What My Last Man Did
5 Bleeding-Hearted Blues
6 Preachin' the Blues (with James P. Johnson)
7 Back Water Blues (with James P. Johnson)
8 All That I Had Is Gone
9 Snowy Morning Blues
10 Sweet Mistreater (with James P. Johnson)
11 Lock and Key (with James P. Johnson)
12 Weeping Blues (Alternate Take)
13 My Woman Done Me Wrong (with James P. Johnson)
14 Farm Hand Papa (with James P. Johnson)
15 Lonesome Swallow (with James P. Johnson)
16 Guess Who's In Town (with James P. Johnson)
17 My Handy Man
18 Do What You Did Last Night (with James P. Johnson)
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