The song was originally done by Delta Bluesman Charley Patton. Not sure if JB used them exactly, but I found two versions. Have at it . . .      High Water Everywhere Part I      Well, backwater done rose all around    Sumner now, drove me down the line    Backwater done rose at Sumner,    drove poor Charley down the line    Lord, I'll tell the world the water,    done crept through this town    Lord, the whole round country,    Lord, river has overflowed    Lord, the whole round country,    man, is overflowed    You know I can't stay here,    I'll go where it's high, boy    I would goto the hilly country,    but, they got me barred    Now, look-a here now at    Leland    river was risin' high    Look-a here boys around Leland tell me,    river was raisin' high    Boy, it's risin' over there, yeah    I'm gonna move to    Greenville    fore I leave, goodbye    Look-a here the water now, Lordy,    Levee    broke, rose most everywhere    The water at Greenville and Leland,    Lord, it done rose everywhere    Boy, you can't never stay here    I would go down to    Rosedale    but, they tell me there's water there    Now, the water now, mama,    done took Charley's town    Well, they tell me the water,    done took Charley's town    Boy, I'm goin' to    Vicksburg    Well, I'm goin' to Vicksburg,    for that high of mine    I am goin' up that water,    where lands don't never flow    Well, I'm goin' over the hill where,    water, oh don't ever flow    Boy, hit Sharkey County and everything was down in Stovall    But, that whole county was leavin',    over that    Tallahatchie    shore    Boy, went to Tallahatchie and got it over there    Lord, the water done rushed all over,    down old Jackson road    Lord, the water done raised,    over the Jackson road    Boy, it starched my clothes    I'm goin' back to the hilly country,    won't be worried no more    go to top of page          High water everywhere (Part 2)      written by: Charley Patton       Backwater at    Blytheville    , backed up all around    Backwater at Blytheville, done took Joiner town    It was fifty families and children come to sink and drown    The water was risin' up at my friend's door    The water was risin' up at my friend's door    The man said to his women folk, "Lord, we'd better go"    The water was risin', got up in my bed    Lord, the water was rollin', got up to my bed    I thought I would take a trip, Lord, out on the big ice sled    Oh, I can hear, Lord, Lord, water upon my door,    you know what I mean, look-a here    I hear the ice, Lord, Lord, was sinkin' down,    I couldn't get no boats there, Marion City gone down    So high the water was risin' our men sinkin' down    Man, the water was risin' at places all around,    boy, they's all around    It was fifty men and children come to sink and drown    Oh, Lordy, women and grown men drown    Oh, women and children sinkin' down    Lord, have mercy    I couldn't see nobody's home and wasn't no one to be found