It's been too long , since I said I loved you It's been too long , since I cared It's been too long , since I said I loved you It's been too long , since I cared
Well my conscience is finally clear I been waiting all these years
Well it's raining , all day and night The great flood , has come around Well it's raining , all day and night The great flood , has come around
'cause when my house is about to wash away Rain is such a lonesome sound
Well you said , you might be receiving Oh I could tell it was all a bunch of lies Well you said , you might be receiving Oh I could tell it was all a bunch of lies
Well I know there's been a lot's of heartaches I've been suffering all my life
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Tupelo Ένα τραγούδι γι ατον καταστροφικό ανεμοστρόβιλο που έπληξε το Τούπελο του Μισισίπι στις 5 Απριλίου 1936
“Looka yonder! Looka yonder! Looka yonder! A big black cloud come! A big black cloud come! O comes to Tupelo. Comes to Tupelo Yonder on the horizon Yonder on the horizon Stopped at the mighty river Stopped at the mighty river and Sucked the damn thing dry Tupelo-o-o, O Tupelo In a valley hides a town called Tupelo
Rumble hungry like the Beast The Beast it cometh, cometh down The Beast it cometh, cometh down Wo wo wo-o-o Tupelo bound. Tupelo-o-o. Yeah Tupelo The Beast it cometh, Tupelo bound Why the hen won't lay no egg Can't get that cock to crow The nag is spooked and crazy O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo!”
What has happened down here is the wind have changed Clouds roll in from the north and it started to rain Rained real hard and rained for a real long time Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline
The river rose all day The river rose all night Some people got lost in the flood
Some people got away alright The river have busted through cleard down to Plaquemines Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline
Louisiana, Louisiana They're tyrin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away Louisiana, Louisiana They're tryin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away
President Coolidge came down in a railroad train With a little fat man with a note-pad in his hand The President say, "Little fat man isn't it a shame what the river has done To this poor crackers land."
Το παραπάνω τραγούδι είναι ένα από τα πολλά που έχουν γραφτεί για τη μεγάλες πλημμύρες του Μισισιπί το 1927. Μερικά ακόμη:
1) “High Water Everywhere” του Τσάρλι Πάτον που ηχογραφήθηκε το 1929.
The back water done rolled lord, and tumbled, drove me down the line The back water done rolled and tumbled, drove poor Charley down the line Lord, i'll tell the world the water done struck Drew's town
Lord the whole round country, lord creek water is overflowed Lord the whole round country, man, is overflowed (spoken: you know, i can't stay here, i'm bound to go where it's high boy.) I would go to the hill country, but they got me barred
Now looky now, in Leland, Lord, river is rising high Looky here, boys around Leland tell me river is raging high (spoken: boy, it's rising over there, yeah.) I'm going over to Greenville, bought our tickets, good bye
Looky here, the water dug out, Lordy, levee broke, rolled most everywhere The water at Greeville and Leland, Lord, it done rose everywhere (spoken: boy, you can't never stay here.) I would go down to Rosedale, but they tell me there's water there
Back water at Blytheville, backed up all around Back water at Blytheville, done struck Joiner town It was fifty families and children. Tough luck, they can drown
The water was rising up in my friend's door The water was risins up in my friend's door The man said his womenfolk, "Lord we'd better go"
Oh Lordy, women is groaning down Oh Lordy, women and children sinking down (spoken: Lord have mercy.) I couldn't see nobody home, and was no one to be found
Μια ωραία διασκευή αυτού του τραγουδιού έχει κάνει και ο Joe Bonamassa.
Well there's high water everywhere Lord the river overflows Well there's high water everywhere Lord the river overflows
You go where its high boy Down to hill country road Still the water was rising I been sinking down
Man, that water was rising At all places around Where the fifty men and children, come to sink and drown Now we're looking at New Orleans, where the crest stood high
Nobody said it was rising, one more time silver lie Should move up much higher, before I sink and die
2) When the Levee Breaks που γράφτηκε και εκτελέστηκε για πρώτη φορά από το ντουέτο Kansas Joe McCoy και Memphis Minnie. Το ίδιο κομμάτι διασκευάστηκε από τους Λεντ Ζέπελιν και έγινε επιτυχία.
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break And the water gonnna come in and we'll 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 will have no place to stay
Now look here mama what am I to do? Now look here mama what am I, I to do? I ain't got nobody to tell my troubles to
I worked on the levee mama both night and day I worked on the levee mama both night and day I ain't got nobody to 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 Whenever the levee breaks momma, you got to lose
I worked on the levee mama both night and day I worked on the levee mama both night and day I worked so hard to keep the water away
If it keeps on raining Levee's going to break If it keeps on raining The levee's going to break When the levee breaks Have no place to stay Mean old levee Taught me to weep and moan, oh Mean old levee Taught me to weep and moan It's got what it takes To make a mountain man leave his home Oh well, oh well, oh well, ooh Oh don't it make you feel bad When you're trying to find your way home You don't know which way to go If you're going down south They got no work to do If you're going north to Chicago
Did you read about the flood? It happened long time ago, in a little country town, way back in Mississippi It rained and it rained, it rained both night and day The people got worried, they began to cry "lord have mercy, where can we go now?" There were women and there was children, screaming and crying "lord have mercy and a great disaster, who can we turn to now, but you?" The great flood of Tupelo, Mississippi It happened one evenin', one Friday evenin', a long time ago It rained and it started rainin' The people of Tupelo, out on the farm gathering their harvest A dark cloud rolled, way back in Tupelo, Mississippi, hmm, hmm
Wasn't that a mighty time Wasn't that a mighty time? Wasn't that a mighty time A mighty time, that evenin'? It rained, both night and day The poor people that had no place to go, hmm,hmm A little town, called Tupelo, Mississippi I never forget it and I know you won't either
Hadn't had a good time Since you know when Got talked into goin' out With hopes you were stayin' in I was feeling like myself for the first time In a long time 'Till I bumped into some of your friends Over there talkin' to mine Then you roll in with your hair in the wind Baby without warning I was doin' alright but just your sight Had my heart stormin' The moon went hiding Stars quit shining Rain was dropping Thunder 'n lightning You wrecked my whole world when you came And hit me like a hurricane You hit me like a hurricane Knew it was gonna be a long night From the moment when We locked eyes over whiskey on ice Talkin' 'bout us again If I woulda just layed my drink down And walked out I wouldn't be in my truck Driving us to your house But you rolled in with your hair in the wind Baby without warning I was doin alright but just your sight Had my heart stormin' The moon went hiding Stars quit shining Rain was dropping Thunder 'n lightning You wrecked my whole world when you came And hit me like a hurricane You hit me like a hurricane Yeah we go to five With your smile, blew me away And girl it ain't but midnight She gon' kill the lights Bring my heart back to your bedside Then you roll in with your hair in the wind Baby without warning I was doin' alright but just your sight Had my heart stormin' The moon went hiding Stars quit shining Rain was dropping Thunder 'n lightning You wrecked my whole world when you came And hit me like a hurricane You hit me like a hurricane Hit me like a hurricane
Ole buttermilk sky I'm a-keeping my eye peeled on you What's the good word tonight Are you gonna be mellow tonight? Ole buttermilk sky Can't you see my little donkey and me? We're as happy as a Christmas tree Headin' for the one I love I'm gonna pop her the question, that question Do you, darling do you, do? It'll be easy, so easy If I can only bank on you Ole buttermilk sky I'm a-tellin' you why, now you know Keep it in mind tonight Keep a-brushin' those clouds from sight Ole buttermilk sky Dont'cha fail me when I'm needin' you most Hang a moon above her hitchin' post Hitch me to the one I love I'm gonna pop her the question, that question Do you, darling do you, do? It'll be easy, so easy If I can only bank on you