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