Deep River Blues [Live In New York / 1970]

[Intro]
Sample of another kind of blues is the kind that
Alton and Rabon Delmore used to play
A song they called "Big River Blues"
Actually, sometimes it was called "Deep River Blues"
All the same difference
I'd listen to those boys and then I heard a fella named Travis
Merle Travis, play the guitar
And I thought about tryin' to put the—
One of their songs into his style
I worked out the— this part pretty easy
After I'd been a-practicin' about ten years
I got to begin to gеt to where I could get thе lead note in
Sound a little like this

[Verse 1]
Let it rain, let it pour, let it rain a whole lot more
'Cause I got them deep river blues
Let the rain drive right on, let the waves sweep along
'Cause I got them deep river blues

[Verse 2]
My old gal's a good old pal and she walks like a water foul
If I get them deep river blues
There ain't no one to cry for me and all the fish go out on a spree
If I get them deep river blues

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Give me back my old boat, I'm gonna sail if she'll float
'Cause I got them deep river blues
I'm goin' back to Muscle Shoals, times gettin' better there, I'm told
Lord, I got them deep river blues

[Verse 4]
If my boat sinks with me, I'll go down, don't you see?
'Cause I've got them deep river blues
Now I'm gonna say goodbye and if I sink, just let me die
'Cause I got them deep river blues

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 1]
Let it rain, let it pour, let it rain a whole lot more
'Cause I've got them deep river blues
Let the rain drive right on, let them waves sweep along
'Cause I got them deep river blues