Sweet Louisiana Lyrics - Charlie Daniels Band

Well I thought I?d go out to Tulsa 

And ride in a rodeo 

Red beans and rice sure would be nice 

Back where the Mississippi River flows 

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And it's a long way back to Vicksburg 

Mississippi River is muddy and wide 

But it don't seem like much 

When sweet Louisiana's waitin' on the other side 

Well there's a lot of room up in Canada 

Where a man catch his breath 

But the men are bold and the women are cold 

And you damn near freeze to death 

[Chorus] 

There's pretty girls in Kansas City 

And a man can have a ball 

But the women in Ouachita Parish 

Drive a young man up the wall 

[Chorus] 

Well I thought I?d go out to Tulsa 

And ride in a rodeo 

Red beans and rice sure would be nice 

Back where the Mississippi River flows 

[Chorus] 

'Cause it don't seem like much 

When sweet Louisiana's waitin' on the other side