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Trouble in the Water mp3 |
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by Paul Kotheimer
Email: herringb (nospam) prairienet.org (unverified!) |
28 Aug 2006
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Almost a year ago, I submitted the song lyrics for this updated folk song, set the tune of the traditional American Spiritual, "Wade in the Water." Here's an mp3 of a recording I made. Please forward widely. |
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Trouble in the Water
To the tune of the traditional American Spiritual, "Wade in the Water."
TROUBLE IN THE WATER
CHORUS:
Wade in the water.
Wade in the water, children.
Wade in the water.
We got trouble in the water. 

Well, a storm was a coming, everyone said so.
Said it was bowling 'round the Gulf of Mexico.
Pack |up your shrimp-boats now and haul in your nets!
Said it's a Category 5, and that's as bad as it gets. 

Come on and wade in the water... [CHORUS] 

Now, the walls of the levee were thick and high
For to keep the mausoleums in the cemetery dry.
But then the hurricane hit, and the levees went down
And then the water, oh the water, innundated the town.
"S. O. S.!" was the message we sent.
Where the hell was FEMA and the government?

Come on and wade in the water... [CHORUS] 

Now, they didn't have a plan down at the nursing home.
Dropped my grandma in her chair down at the Superdome.
Sign said, "Looters will be shot on sight." 
Tell me, what am I supposed to feed my babies tonight?
Come on and wade in the water... [CHORUS] 

Well, the rich folks all have packed up and gone,
Oh, but they left us half-a-bottle of Evian
So if I |do not survive this hurricane,
Dump my body with the bilge in Lake Ponchartrain,

And I will wade in the water... [CHORUS, 2x] |
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