What has happened down here is the winds have  changed Clouds roll in from the north and it start 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 clear down to Plaque  mines Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline  Louisiana Louisiana    They're tyrin' 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 notepad in his hand President say "little fat man isn't it a shame?" What the river has done to this poor cracker's land Louisiana Louisiana    They're tyrin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away They're tyrin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away