Where she stands on a banks

Of the mighty Mississippi

Alone in the pale moonlight

Waiting for a man

A riverboat gambler

Said that he'd return tonight

They used to waltz on a banks

Of the mighty Mississippi

Loving the whole night through

'Til the riverboat gambler

Went off to make a killing

And bring it on back to you

Evangeline

Evangeline

Curses the soul

Of the Mississippi Queen

That pulled

Her man away

Oh Bayou Sam

From the South Lousianne

Had gambling

In his veins

Evangeline

From the Maritimes

Was slowly

Going insane

Insane on the top

Of Hickory Hill

He is on in the lightning and thunder

Down on the river

The boat was a sinking

She watched that queen go under

Evangeline Evangeline

Curses the soul

Of the Mississippi Queen

That pulled

Her man away

Evangeline Evangeline

Curses the soul

Of the Mississippi Queen

That pulled

Her man away