Bayou Country

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I was born in Louisiana on the Bayou
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 Manchac,
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Papa was a trapper from 
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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 
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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.