Bessie Smith Quote

When it thunders and lightning, and the wind begin to blow There's thousands of people ain't got no place to go Backwater blues done caused me to pack my things and go 'Cause my house fell down and I can't live there no more.


Backwater Blues (1927)


When it thunders and lightning, and the wind begin to blow There's thousands of people ain't got no place to go Backwater blues done caused me to...

When it thunders and lightning, and the wind begin to blow There's thousands of people ain't got no place to go Backwater blues done caused me to...

When it thunders and lightning, and the wind begin to blow There's thousands of people ain't got no place to go Backwater blues done caused me to...

When it thunders and lightning, and the wind begin to blow There's thousands of people ain't got no place to go Backwater blues done caused me to...