AMY ANNELLE

you know i would go to cairo

but the water too high for me

you know i want to go to cairo

but the water too high for me

the girl i love

she got washed away

the girl i love

she got washed away

you know that woman got drownin

swimmin along

after me

i used to be a gambler

i bet all of my money wrong

i used to be a gambler

i bet all of my money wrong

my baby quit me this mornin

don't even have

no home

cairo, cairo

water runnin all over town

cairo, cairo

water runnin all over town

you know i would get the girl

that i'm lovin

but she has put me down

||lyrics from the song "Cairo Blues" by James 'Son' Thomas|| || photos by amy annelle|| ||further reading: "Let My People Go: Cairo, Illinois 1967--1973 Civil Rights Photographs" by Preston