What has happened down here

Is the winds have 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

The river rose all night

Some people got lost in the flood

Some people got away alright

The river had busted through

Clear down to plaquemine

Six feet of water

In the streets of evangeline

Louisiana, louisiana

They're trying to wash us away

They're trying to wash us away

Oh louisiana, louisiana

They're trying to wash us away

They're trying to wash us away

President coolidge come down

In a railroad train

With his little fat man

With a note pad in his hand

President says "little fat man

Oh isn't it a shame

What the river has done

To this poor farmer's land"

Oh louisiana, louisiana

They're trying to wash us away

You're trying to wash us away

Oh louisiana, oh louisiana

They're trying to wash us away

Oh lord, they're trying to wash us away

They're trying to wash us away

They're trying to wash us away