If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s going to break
If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s going to break
When the levee breaks, I have no place to stay

Mean old levee, taught me to weep and moan
Mean old levee, taught me to weep and moan
It’s got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home
Oh, well

Don’t it make ya feel bad
when you’re tryin’ to find your way home
and ya don’t know which way to go
If you’re goin’ down south and they’ve no work to do
then ya go north to Chicago

Cryin’ won’t help ya, prayin’ won’t do ya no good
Cryin’ won’t help ya, prayin’ won’t do ya no good
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move

All last night, sat on the levee and moaned
All last night, sat on the levee and moaned
Thinkin’ ’bout my baby and my happy home, oh-hoh

-When the Levee Breaks, Memphis Minnie McCoy, 1929, al estilo de Led Zeppelin

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Foto: Una tumba improvisada en una calle de Nueva Orleans contiene un cuerpo que había permanecido por días en la acera luego del paso del huracán Katrina.