Lyrics Back Water Blues - 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 Drivin' Wheel
2 Have A Good Time
3 Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
4 My Sweet Lovin' Woman
5 Christmas and New Year Blues
6 Dry Spell Blues
7 A Good Man Is Hard To Find
8 Booted
9 Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad)
10 Trouble
11 He's in the Jailhouse Now
12 Strange Fruit
13 Lord, Send Me an Angel
14 Cannon's Blues
15 Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground
16 Billie's Blues (Live)
17 Trouble In Mind
18 Baby What You Want Me To Do
19 Stackolee
20 John Henry
21 Preachin' The Blues
22 Bedroom Blues
23 Things 'Bout Coming My Way
24 The Wolf Is at Your Door
25 Whiskey Headed Blues
26 Cool Drink of Water Blues
27 Peace in the Valley
28 My Baby
29 Sleepy Man Blues
30 It's Nobody's Fault but Mine
31 Back Water Blues
32 My Black Mama
33 I'm a King Bee (Live)
34 Mail Order Woman
35 Me and My Dog Blues
36 T Model Boogie
37 Black Angel Blues
38 Floating Bridge
39 Every Day I Have the Blues
40 Black Cat Bone
41 Prove It on Me Blues
42 Rollin' Mamma Blues
43 Snatch And Grab It
44 King Size Papa
45 Mardi Gras In New Orleans
46 God Bless the Child (Live)
47 Good Morning Little School Girl
48 Airplane Blues
49 22-20 Blues
50 California Blues
51 Bo-Weavil Blues
52 Kansas City Blues
53 Kid Man Blues
54 Bald Head
55 Hobo Blues
56 Baby Please Don't Go
57 One Scotch One Bourbon One Beer
58 I'm so Glad
59 Tipitina
60 Bad, Bad Whiskey
61 Oh Lord, Look What You're Doing to Me
62 Lightnin's Boogie
63 Seaboard Stomp
64 Mean Actin' Mama
65 5 O'clock Blues
66 Nice Work If You Can Get It (Live)
67 Backwater Blues
68 Delta Blues
69 Canned Heat Blues
70 Shetland Pony Blues
71 Devil Got My Woman
72 ma Rainey's Black Bottom
73 How Long, How Long Blues
74 Highway Blues
75 Moanin' At Midnight
76 Black Betty (Future Blues Mix)
77 Christmas In Jail
78 Decoration Day Blues
79 Candy Man Blues
80 Willie Mae Blues
81 C.C. Pill Blues
82 Cross and Evil Woman Blues
83 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
84 Sent for You Yesterday
85 Candy Man Blues
86 I'm a Rattlesnakin' Daddy
87 Didn't It Rain
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