Story Behind The Song
2003 newspaper article `New Orleans Piqiune' mention of the town of Leeville, in Southern Louisianna, `Leeville
Song Description
Article describes the dire situation of repeated flooding year after year, eroding the shoreline and diminishing the towns quality of life . Now the town , once thriving, is near entirely gone and underwater
| Song Length |
3:08 |
Genre |
Blues - Delta, Blues - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Distressed, Troubled |
Subject |
Disasters, Worry |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
Over in Leeville , we`ve got a problem, cemetery flooded, tombstones on the bottom. Cypress tree reachin' like the hand of a drowning man, they say the river give then take back again. You stand in muddy water, you're bound to sing the Blues, got trouble down in Leeville, where the Blues ain`t nothin' new
Better mud jack the buildings, raise'm up on stilts, sandbag the levee, do whatever helps. Roads underwater, no power of any kind, an if i'm lyin' then Blind Lemon, weren't blind
you stand in muddy water, you`re bound to sing the Blues.Got trouble down in Leeville, where the Blues ain`t nothin' new
That`s right, now you`ve got a problem. When everything you own ,lay ,floatin' on the bottom.Think you got trouble, man, we gott'em double. Sinkin' low in Leeville, in a world of trouble
You stand in muddy water, you`re bound to sing the Blues. Got trouble here in Leeville, where the Blues ain`t nothin' new