Burnin’ the cane fields down in Louisiana
Black man chop it and they haul it away
They’re using trucks now
Gone are the wagons
But nothin’s changed us old folks say
Life on the bayou
Sure moves slow man
Slow and dark as a midnight rain
Most them young folks, they’ve gone to the city
And all us old folks swear nothin’s changed
Cause solid ground it’s so hard to come by
When you’re down in Louisiana land
You build your houses down by the water
You pray to God it ain’t quick sand
Your daddy taught you to pole a pirou
Set them traps Lord the old time way
Ol’ red crawfish gonna feed your children
And black alligator gonna haul them away
Cause solid ground it’s so hard to come by
When you’re down in Louisiana land
Build your houses down by the water
Pray to God it ain’t quick sand
Down on the bayou my life moves slow man
Slow and dark as a midnight rain
Work like a dog man tryin’ to make a livin’
And fear no man, no hurricane
Cause solid ground it’s so hard to come by
When you’re down in Louisiana land
Build your houses down by the water
Pray to God it ain’t quick sand
Pray to God it ain’t quick sand.

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