Build a Levee

When I was just a little girl My mama said to me "Beware of the devil, my child In the dark rocky places he'll keep" Beware of the devil, my child Beware of his charming ways You'll fall under an evil spell Just looking at his beautiful face You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside Don't go walking by the riverside Alone in the pale moonlight Come upon you, girl With no earthly body in sight Come up upon you, girl And he'll whisper something sweet Then take you where the waters rise so high and run so deep You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside Gotta build yourself a levee deep inside Build yourself a levee, girl When the waters run high Now, when I was just a little girl My mama said to me "Beware of the devil, my child But if by chance you should meet" Beware of his cold dark eyes Full of bold and unholy deceit He'll tempt you with a whirling pool of lies And promises he'll deny that he will never keep You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside Build yourself a levee deep inside You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside Build yourself a levee girl When the waters run high