DRY WELL BLUES
(Charley Patton)

Way down in Lula, hard livin' has done hit. (2x)
(or, "It was just when I was livin' at Lula, where I was livin' high and at
ease.")
Lord, the drought come an' caught us, an' parched up all our trees.

Ah, the good days over in Lula, bid that ol' town goodbye.
Good days, Lula, biddin' you an' the town goodbye.
'Fore I would come to know the day, oh, the Lula well was gone dry.

Lord, the citizens around Lula all was doin' very well.
Citizens around Lula all was doin' very well.
Lord, they all got together an' they done bought (or "bored") a well.
(or, "Now they're in hard luck together, 'cause rain don't pour nowhere.")

I ain't got no money and I sure ain't got no home (or "hope"). (2x)
The hot weather done come in an' parched all the cotton and corn.

Boy, they tell me the country, (or "have a good look down on the country")
Lord, it'll make you cry.
Lord, country, know it'll make you cry.
Most everybody livin' in Lula, Lord, had their water gone dry.

Lord, the Lula womens, Lord, puttin' Lula young mens down.
Lula womens, oh, puttin' Lula men down.
Lord, you oughta been there. Lord, the women's all leavin' town.


Patton lived in Lula, Mississippi when he recorded this song.
@poverty @drought
filename[ DRYWELL
JW, BH
Feb07
mudcat.org

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