Randy Newman Louisiana 1927 song lyrics

What has happened down here is the wind have changed

Clouds roll in from the north and it start 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 alright

The river has busted through clear down to Plaquemine

Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline

Louisiana, Louisiana

They're tryin' to wash us away

They're tryin' to wash us away

Louisiana, Louisiana

They're tryin' to wash us away

They're tryin' to wash us away

President Coolidge come down in a railroad train

With a little fat man with a notepad in his hand

President say, "Little Fat Man, ain't it a shame

What the river has done to this poor cracker's land"

Louisiana, Louisiana

They're tryin' to wash us away

They're tryin' to wash us away

Louisiana, Louisiana

They're tryin' to wash us away

They're tryin' to wash us away

They're tryin' to wash us away

They're tryin' to wash us away