The Valleys of New Orleans

Someday the walls will tremble with terrible flames here

‘Til the mouth of some hurricane sweeps them away

And If I had either love or fortune I'd shed them both here

But those cards are so rarely played I've hid them away

The valleys of New Orleans

The valleys of New Orleans

Oh Stanley I've heard you laughing your way around here

There's a game that I wish to play, so slow down

I found another in Sidneys' pocket, she knows my name

And she says she wants to drive all night in the dark through all

The valleys of New Orleans

The valleys of New Orleans

Sidney says God is watching so don't fear now

She says he's bound to come, give him time

Her mouth is the taste of sea salt and saddled rum

She speaks in a vagrant language I'd heard once in a film about

The valleys of New Orleans

The valleys of New Orleans

The valleys of New Orleans

The valleys of New Orleans