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Versuri When the levee breaks
- Memphis Minnie

If it keeps on rainin', levee's1 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.

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Note 1: origin: from the old French word levée, act of raising, from lever to raise. An embankment for preventing flooding, or a river landing place, also, a continuous dike or ridge (as of earth) for confining the irrigation areas of land to be flooded. A levee camp therefore is a work camp for building or improving dikes to prevent rivers from flooding the land, primarily in the Mississippi Delta area.