Hmm, mm-mm

30 miles on the Gulf Stream, I hear the south wind moan

Bridges getting lower, the shrimp boats coming home

Your old man down in the quarter, to slowly turns his head

Takes a sip from his whiskey bottle and this is what he said

"Well, I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain, underneath the Louisiana moon

I don't mind the strain of a hurricane (hurricane), they come around every June"

The high black water devil's daughter

She's hard, she's cold, and she's mean

Nobody taught her to take a lot of water to wash away (to wash away) New Orleans

Man came down from Chicago, he gonna set that levee right

He said, "It needs to be at least three feet higher, it won't make it through the night (through the night)"

But the old man down in the quarter, he said, "Don't you listen to that boy

"The water'll be down by the morning, and he'll be back to Illinois"

Well, I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain, underneath the Louisiana moon

I don't mind the strain of a hurricane, they come around every June

The high black water devil's daughter

She's hard, she's cold, and she's mean

Nobody taught her to take a lot of water to wash away New Orleans

30 miles on the Gulf Stream, I hear the south wind moan

Bridges getting lower, the shrimp boats coming home

Your old man down in the quarter, he slowly turns his head

Takes a sip from his whiskey bottle and this is what he said

"Well, I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain, underneath the Louisiana moon

I don't mind the strain of a hurricane, they come around every June"

The high black water devil's daughter

She's hard, she's cold, and she's mean

Nobody taught her to take a lot of water to wash away New Orleans

"Well, I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain, underneath the Louisiana moon

I don't mind the strain of a hurricane, they come around every June"

The high black water devil's daughter

She's hard, she's cold, and she's mean

But nobody taught her to take a lot of water to wash away New Orleans

Nobody taught her to take a lot of water to wash away New Orleans