Levee Camp Moan Lyrics - Original Delta Blues - Son House

You know I had a job on the levee 

I had a good looking woman who lived in Hughes 

I had a job on the levee 

I had a good looking woman she lived in Hughes 

You know that pretty little thing 

She kept me with the government fleet blues 

You know on every pay day 

She'd be standing around the landing crying 

On every pay day 

She'd be standing around the landing crying 

She be saying why don't that big boat hurry and 

Bring home that man of mine? 

You know on every pay day 

She could, she could hear the big boat when she blow 

Well on every pay day 

She could hear the big boat when she blow 

But when I done not get the check 

She told me she couldn't use me no more 

But I said that's all right big girl 

Honey, that's all right for you 

Yeah, hoo 

little girl that's all right for you 

I say you treat me low down and dirty 

See, baby, that's the way you's do 

I packed up all my clothes 

Left her settin' in the back door crying 

Aye yeah I left her settin' in the back door crying 

You know that done run the poor girl crazy 

I believe she gonna lose her mind 

You know don't come here honey 

Throwing up your doggone hands 

Don't come here baby 

I said throwing up your doggone hands 

You know I, I been your dog 

Ever since that I been your man 

But I said baby when you get lonesome 

Set right down and write to me 

Yeah -- yeah -- set right down you can write to me 

You know I can read your little writing baby 

Don't care where in this world I'll be 

You know love 

make you do things you don't want to do 

You know love 

make you do things you don't want to do 

You know from love sometime 

Will leave you feeling so sad and so blue 

Oh, Listen here honey 

Think about poor me some time 

Yeah, hoo 

think about poor me some time 

You know I feel so bad 

When you roll across my mind 

You know if you never no more see me 

You'll forever be on my mind 

If I never no more see you 

Yeah, you'll forever be on my mind 

You know every time I think about you honey 

I just can't keep from crying 

Oh it's so hard 

To love when they don't love you 

Ah, yeah, yeah, when they don't love you 

You can't do nothing baby when they do not want you 

But I tell 'em look it here, baby 

Your little trouble is coming home some day 

Yeah just like I tell you 

Your little trouble is coming home some day 

I said you gonna be sorry 

That you treated poor me this way