Louisiana 1927

[Modem Butterfly]

What has happened down here
Is the winds have changed
Clouds rolled in from the north
And it started to rain
It rained real hard
And it rained for a real long time
Six feet of water
In the streets of Evangeline

The river rose all day
The river rose all night
Some people got lost in the flood
Some people got away all right

The river had busted through
Clear down to Plaquemines
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline

Louisiana, Louisiana
They're trying to wash us away
They're trying to wash us away
Oh Louisiana, Louisiana
They're trying to wash us away
They're trying to wash us away

President Coolidge come down
In a railroad train
Little fat man with a notepad in his hand
President say to the fat man
Isn't it a shame?
What the river has done to this poor farmer's land

Louisiana, Louisiana
They're trying to wash us away
They're trying to wash us away
Oh Louisiana, Louisiana
They're trying to wash us away
They're trying to wash us away