Rex Kickass Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 Gotta have "Louisiana, 1927" by Randy Newman 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 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." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Tizzle Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 Obvious choice has to be "House of the Rising Sun," by the Animals There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy And God I know I'm one My mother was a tailor She sewed my new bluejeans My father was a gamblin' man Down in New Orleans Now the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and trunk And the only time he's satisfied Is when he's on a drunk ------ organ solo ------ Oh mother tell your children Not to do what I have done Spend your lives in sin and misery In the House of the Rising Sun Well, I got one foot on the platform The other foot on the train I'm goin' back to New Orleans To wear that ball and chain Well, there is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy And God I know I'm one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted September 4, 2005 Author Share Posted September 4, 2005 Just please no Scorpions - "Rock You Like a Hurricane" or Led Zeppelin "When the Levee Breaks." Bad taste. I know its coming, so I wanna put a stop to that right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeNukeEm Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 Just please no Scorpions - "Rock You Like a Hurricane" or Led Zeppelin "When the Levee Breaks." Bad taste. I know its coming, so I wanna put a stop to that right now. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 From Alabama Chorus Song, song of the south. Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth. Gone, gone with the wind. There ain’t nobody looking back again. Cotton on the roadside, cotton in the ditch. We all picked the cotton but we never got rich. Daddy was a veteran, a southern democrat. They oughta get a rich man to vote like that. Sing it... Chorus Well somebody told us wall street fell But we were so poor that we couldn’t tell. Cotton was short and the weeds were tall But mr. roosevelt’s a gonna save us all. Well momma got sick and daddy got down. The county got the farm and they moved to town. Pappa got a job with the tva He bought a washing machine and then a chevrolet. Sing it... Chorus Play it... Sing it... Chorus Song, song of the south... Gone, gone with the wind... Song, song of the south. Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth. Song, song of the south. Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth. Sing it... Chorus 2x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benchwarmerjim Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 City of New Orleans-Arlo Guthrie . I know its about a train, but its a pretty cool song Harry Connick does a great version of 'Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans' He sang it as a tribute to the city I think it was on Larry King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 The Heart of the Night - Poco In the heart of the night In the cool southern rain There's a full moon in sight Shining down on the Pontchartrain And the river she rises Like she used to do She's so full of surprises She reminds me of you In the heart of the night There's a nightbird singing Right on through till the dawn And the streets are still ringing With people carrying on It's been so long waiting Just to be here again Anticipating All the time I could spend In the heart of the night down in New Orleans In the heart of the night down in New Orleans And I trust in your love never falling down And I trust in your love Just like I do in this town never falling down And I'm so glad to be back in New Orleans Please don't wake me, don't shake me, If this is only just a dream It's the only place I can face that feels so right Below that Dixie moon and loving you In the Heart of the Night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Be Good Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 One of my favorite songs ever: "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton: In 1814 we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip. We took a little bacon and we took a little beans And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans. [Chorus:] We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin. There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago. We fired once more and they began to runnin' on Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. We looked down the river and we see'd the British come. And there must have been a hundred of'em beatin' on the drum. They stepped so high and they made the bugles ring. We stood by our cotton bales and didn't say a thing. [Chorus] Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise If we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked 'em in the eye We held our fire 'til we see'd their faces well. Then we opened up with squirrel guns and really gave 'em ... well [Chorus] Yeah, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go. They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.** We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down. So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round. We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind. [Chorus] Yeah, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go. They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middle Buffalo Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 QUOTE(Benchwarmerjim @ Sep 4, 2005 -> 05:39 AM) City of New Orleans-Arlo Guthrie . I know its about a train, but its a pretty cool song Willie Nelson does a good version, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 I'll take a break from my secular self, and add "Just A Closer Walk With Thee," which is a gospel standard that New Orleans trad jazz musicians have made their own. It's one of those great numbers that old New Orleans city bands would slow down and play as a durge in the classic funeral marches, then kick up and do really joyously and uptempo on the way march back from the cemetary. It seems fitting here. I am weak, but Thou art strong; Jesus, keep me from all wrong; I'll be satisfied as long As I walk, let me walk close to Thee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Riding on the City of New Orleans, Illinois Central Monday morning rail Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders, Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail. All along the southbound odyssey The train pulls out at Kankakee Rolls along past houses, farms and fields. Passin' trains that have no names, Freight yards full of old black men And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles. CHORUS: Good morning America how are you? Don't you know me I'm your native son, I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans, I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done. Dealin' card games with the old men in the club car. Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score. Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor. And the sons of pullman porters And the sons of engineers Ride their father's magic carpets made of steel. Mothers with their babes asleep, Are rockin' to the gentle beat And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel. CHORUS Nighttime on The City of New Orleans, Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee. Half way home, we'll be there by morning Through the Mississippi darkness Rolling down to the sea. And all the towns and people seem To fade into a bad dream And the steel rails still ain't heard the news. The conductor sings his song again, The passengers will please refrain This train's got the disappearing railroad blues. Good night, America, how are you? Don't you know me I'm your native son, I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans, I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 WHEN THE SAINTS COME MARCHING IN We are trav'ling in the footsteps Of those who've gone before And we'll all be reunited, On a new and sunlit shore, Oh, when the saints go marching in, Oh, when the saints go marching in Lord how I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in And when the sun begins to shine And when the sun begins to shine Lord, how I want to be in that number When the sun begins to shine Oh, when the saints go marching in, Oh, when the saints go marching in Lord how I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in Oh, when the trumpet sounds its call Oh, when the trumpet sounds its call Lord, how I want to be in that number When the trumpet sounds its call Oh, when the saints go marching in, Oh, when the saints go marching in Lord how I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benchwarmerjim Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 I have a Louis Armstrong record of that song on a 45 somewhere (the flip side is a reading of Twas A Night Before Christmas) thank for giving me the urge to dig that out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 What's a 45? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerhead johnson Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Bob Dylan: Crash On The Levee aka Down In The Flood Crash on the levee, mama Water's gonna overflow Swamp's gonna rise No boat's gonna row Now, you can train on down To Williams Point You can bust your feet You can rock this joint But oh mama, ain't you gonna miss your best friend now ? You're gonna have to find yourself Another best friend, somehow. Now, don't you try an' move me You're just gonna lose There's a crash on the levee And mama, you've been refused Well, it's sugar for sugar And salt for salt If you go down in the flood It's gonna be your own fault Oh mama, ain't you gonna miss your best friend now ? You're gonna have to find yourself Another best friend, somehow. Well, that high tide's risin' Mama, don't you let me down Pack up your suitcase Mama, don't you make a sound Now, it's king for king Queen for queen It's gonna be the meanest flood That anybody's seen Oh mama, ain't you gonna miss your best friend now ? You're gonna have to find yourself Another best friend, somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Something about Hammerhead's Avatar got me thinking about this song . . . Patrick simmons Well, I built me a raft and she’s ready for floatin’ Ol’ mississippi, she’s callin’ my name Catfish are jumpin’ That paddle wheel thumpin’ Black water keeps rollin’ on past just the same Old black water, keep on rollin’ Mississippi moon, won’t you keep on shinin’ on me Old black water, keep on rollin’ Mississippi moon, won’t you keep on shinin’ on me Old black water, keep on rollin’ Mississippi moon, won’t you keep on shinin’ on me Yeah, keep on shinin’ your light Gonna make everything, pretty mama Gonna make everything all right And I ain’t got no worries ’cause I ain’t in no hurry at all Well, if it rains, I don’t care Don’t make no difference to me Just take that street car thats goin’ up town Yeah, I’d like to hear some funky dixieland And dance a honky tonk And I’ll be buyin’ ev’rybody drinks all ’roun’ Old black water, keep on rollin’ Mississippi moon, won’t you keep on shinin’ on me Old black water, keep on rollin’ Mississippi moon, won’t you keep on shinin’ on me Old black water, keep on rollin’ Mississippi moon, won’t you keep on shinin’ on me Yeah, keep on shinin’ your light Gonna make everything, pretty mama Gonna make everything all right And I ain’t got no worries ’cause I ain’t in no hurry at all I’d like to hear some funky dixieland Pretty mama come and take me by the hand By the hand, take me by the hand pretty mama Come and dance with your daddy all night long I want to honky tonk, honky tonk, honky tonk With you all night long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldmember Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 gotta have jambalaya. take your pick of the artist--hank williams sr., fats domino, hank williams jr., ccr, van morrison, carpenters, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Lousiana Bayou--DMB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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