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Artist: Led Zeppelin
Track: When the Levee Breaks

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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
It's 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 got no work to do
If you don't move to 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 to Chicago
Going 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 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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Led Zeppelin – When the Levee Breaks
This track is a rework of the 1929 song “When the Levee Breaks,” a blues tune by the couple Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie. It was written about the Great Mississippi Flood of
Kansas Joe McCoy & Memphis Minnie – When the Levee Breaks
Kansas Joe McCoy & Memphis Minnie wrote this song for the 1927 Mississippi floods that destroyed nearly almost half of the Mississippi Basin, also causing major damage to the farms
Rosetta Stone – When the Levee Breaks
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W.A.S.P. – When the Levee Breaks
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Led Zeppelin – When the Levee Breaks (Alternate UK Mix In Progress)
[Verse 1] / If it keeps on raining, levee's going to break / If it keeps on raining, levee's going to break / [Chorus 1] / When the levee breaks, have no place to stay / [Verse 2
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If it keeps on raining the levee's gotta break / If it keeps on raining the levee's gotta break / And if the levee breaks I got no place to stay / Mean old levee taught me to weep
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Led Zeppelin – If It Keeps On Raining (Rough Mix)
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
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French translation of lyrics for When The Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin. If it keeps on rainin′, levee's goin′ to break If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin′ to br...
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Genius Q&A
Q:Who wrote “When the Levee Breaks” by Led Zeppelin?
“When the Levee Breaks” by Led Zeppelin was written by Kansas Joe McCoy, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham & Memphis Minnie.
Q:When did Led Zeppelin release “When the Levee Breaks”?
Led Zeppelin released “When the Levee Breaks” on November 8, 1971.
Q:Who produced “When the Levee Breaks” by Led Zeppelin?
“When the Levee Breaks” by Led Zeppelin was produced by Jimmy Page.
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