When the Levee Breaks

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The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), founded in 1904, is the oldest of London's symphony orchestras. It was set up by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's Hall Orchestra because of a new rule requiring players to give the orchestra their exclusive services. The LSO itself later introduced a similar rule for its members. The orchestra underwent periods of eclipse in the 1930s and 1950s when it was regarded as inferior in quality to new London orchestras, to which it lost players and bookings. By the 1960s it had recovered its leading position, which it has retained subsequently. more »


Year:
1997
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If it keeps on rainin'  levee's goin' to break  
If it keeps on rainin'  levee's goin' to break  
When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay. 
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan  
Lord  mean old levee taught me to weep and moan  
Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home  
Oh  well  oh  well  oh  well. 
Don't it make you feel bad 
When you're tryin' to find your way home  
You don't know which way to go? 
If you're goin' down South 
They go no work to do, 
If you don't know about Chicago. 
Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good, 
Now, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you 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 me baby and my happy home. 
Going, go'n' to Chicago, 
Go'n' to Chicago, 
Sorry but I can't take you. 
Going down, going down now, going down
going down now, going down, going down, going down, going down
Going down, going down now, going down
going down now, going down
going down now, going down
Going d-d-d-d-down 
Woo woo

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Written by: John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Robert Anthony Plant, James Patrick Page

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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