Slidin' Delta (II)

DESCRIPTION: "Delta slide ... been here and gone" Singer wants to leave the delta before the water rises. "If I don't get drownded ... lose my mind." He won't come back
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1929 (StuffDreams1)
KEYWORDS: grief home travel flood nonballad
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RECORDINGS:
Tommy Johnson, "Slidin' Delta" (on StuffDreams1,USChartersHeroes)
NOTES [46 words]: Three line blues: the first line is repeated -- more or less -- and the last line completes the thought.
In the notes to "Slidin' Delta" (I) I wrote, "I've seen speculation that the 'Sliding Delta" is a train...." I don't know where I found that but it fits here as well. - BS
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