What has happened down here is the wind has changed

Clouds roll 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

And the river rose all night

Some people got lost in the flood

And some people got away alright

The river have busted through cleard down to Plaquemines

Six feet of water in the streets of the law and night

Louisiana Louisiana

They're tyrin 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

The President Coolidge came down here in a railroad train

With a little fat man with a note pad in his hand

And President Coolidge say Little fat man

Isn't it a shame what the river have done

To this poor crackers land

Louisiana Louisiana

They're tyrin to wash us away

They're tyrin to wash us away

Louisiana Louisiana

They're tyrin to wash us away

They're tyrin to wash us away

What has happened down here is the wind has changed

Clouds roll 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

Louisiana Louisiana

They're tyrin to wash us away

They're tyrin to wash us away

Louisiana Louisiana

They're tyrin to wash us away

They're tyrin to wash us away

They're tyrin to wash us away

They're tryin to wash us away