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Louisiana 1927 Lyrics

Artist: Randy Newman
Album: Good Old Boys

What has happened down here is the wind have changed
Clouds roll in from the north and it started to rain
Rained real hard and 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 have busted through cleard down to Plaquemines
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangelne

CHORUS
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

President Coolidge came down in a railroad train
With a little fat man with a note-pad in his hand
The President say, "Little fat man isn't it a shame what the river has
done
To this poor crackers land."

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Comments/Interpretations
by Villy on 5/25/2008 8:42am Some of the best lyric written ever... that's it
by tori (: on 8/22/2008 3:59pm the bestest song in ever..thats it i agree with Villy (:
by Gene Woolfolk, Jr. on 9/5/2008 8:52pm It should be Louisiana 2008
by Moon on 9/13/2008 12:48pm I am from Louisiana and I LOVE this song!
by Jordan on 9/22/2008 6:43pm We are singing this song in chours and it sincerley touched a part in my heart I ...even cried hearing my chrous instructure sing it. It is just a wonderful song.
by Ivan on 11/19/2008 11:50pm What do people think of the use of the word "Crackers" in this song?
by 4 on 12/3/2008 4:49pm whoa
by Eli Willman on 12/15/2008 1:04pm This song is some of Randy Newmans best work. He is an american legacey and everyone should know that. I am only 11 years old but I know quality music when I here it.
by Ally on 12/29/2008 7:10pm We are singing this song in chorus and I really really love it!
by JJ on 1/11/2009 3:45pm Crackers? Pretty common term in the past. Sonny Landreth changed it to "poor old cajun and creole's land" which is ridiculous. Calvin Coolidge would never have given a damn about anyone with any tint to the skin color. In fact, as much as I love this song I was disappointed to learn that the line about Coolidge is dead wrong - he never visited any of the flood sites or New Orleans after the flood. He was the GWB of the 1920's.
by Kim Sanders on 1/18/2009 6:36am It touches my heart and I've never even been to Louisiana. I wonder if George W feels the same way.
by Stu Miller on 3/11/2009 7:45am In Aaron Neville's version of the song, it sounds like he changed the word from "crackers" to "farmers." Maybe an attempt to be politically correct. The original by Randy Newman and another version by Howard Tate are some of the best music ever recorded. What a song! You hear this and you just have to feel for the folks who suffered in 1927 and in 2005.
by Earnest on 8/24/2009 1:25pm Except that GWB, like myself, was here in NOLA after the storm. So, I dunno what your GWB of the 1920's comment is supposed to mean.
by darrian on 9/4/2009 4:05pm my dad showed me this song. im a cajun from pecanierre and where we live was all flooded. we have pics of the local grociery store. my grandpa lived through it and he said he had to ride from port barre to opelousas whe the land was higher on the tops of trains. idk why people think its was in new orleans though. they broke the levee to flood the country instead of new orleans, so it was completly missed! but i feel bad about katrina. the outskirts where we live were pretty bad
by Conrad on 9/11/2009 3:21pm I think they might be referring to "Greedy White Bast..." or "Great White Bast..." or I dunno either lol .. Good day

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