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What has happened down here is the wind has changed
Clouds rolled in from the north and it starts to rain
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It rained real hard and it rained for a real long time
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline
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The river rose all day the river rose all night
Some people got lost in the flood some people got away all right
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The river had busted through clear down to Plaquemine
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline [Loui-- siana]
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Loui----siana, Loui---siana
They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away
Loui----siana, Loui---siana
They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away
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President Coolidge came down in a railroad train
With a little fat man with a notepad in his hand
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President say: "Little fat man isn't it a shame,
What the river has done to this poor crackers' land?" [Loui-- siana]
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Loui----siana, Loui---siana
They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away
They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away