Bayou Country

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I was born in Louisiana on the Bayou Manchac,
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Papa was a trapper from Napoleonville.
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Mama was a dark eyed Cajun
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If I'd listened to my mama I'd be there still.
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Took my schoolin' down in Morgan City,
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Used to go to dances in Abbeyville.
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Fell in love with a lady from New Orleans,
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Hadn't been for her I'd be there still.
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Want my, Bayou Country,
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Smell of magnolia's bring you to your knees.
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Fais do do's and Cajun women,
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Spanish moss hangin' from the big oak trees.
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Traveled back and forth across this country,
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Met a lot of people and I made a lot of friends.
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Got the feelin' of the swamp land runnin' in my blood,
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Goin back home but I don't know when.
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California's boilin', detroits burnin',
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Whole lot of trouble in Chicago town.
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Nothin' very pretty bout New York City,
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Mississippi take me back to higher ground.
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Well I gotta get back to the Bayou Country,
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Smell of magnolia's bring you to your knees.
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Fais do do's and Cajun women,
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Spanish moss hangin' from the big oak trees.