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The Battle of New Orleans 2005 (by Mark H. Henshaw - with apologies to Jimmy Driftwood) |
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Well, in two-oh-oh-five we took a little trip With First Lieutenant Bush along the mighty Mississip We took a little water and we took some MREs To the thirsty, starvin people in the town of New Orleans |
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We dropped our sandbags but the water kept a-risin The pumps weren't running, there were 'gators in the streets The levees couldn't hold and the Superdome was leakin 'Twas a shame to see the ruin brought by Hurricane Katrin. |
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I seen Harry Connick, he was walkin down the street. And talkin to some looters that was stealin' stuff to eat They complained about the government, As, mournin for the dead, They shared a looted bottle of Johnny Walker Red.
The weatherman said trina was weaker than Camille Many people did not take the risk to life and limb for real. The poor folks of New Orleans really never had a chance They shuffled to the Superdome to watch the raindrops dance. |
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We dropped more sandbags but the water kept a-risin The pumps weren't running, there were gators in the streets The levees couldn't hold and the Superdome was leakin Twas a shame to see the ruin brought by Hurricane Katrin. |
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Meanwhile, out in Gulfport the storm surge came and went There was little left a-standin, what was all broke and bent Fishin boats blocked all the streets, the power lines were down It was dark, and hot, and wet, and still all over Gulfport-town. |
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Oh, we'll pay at the pump And we'll pay again at tax-time Lord, the price of heating oil! -the price of gasoline! When it's all totaled-up It won't amount to nothin Like the sufferin of the people of the town of New Orleans. |
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The Guvner says she's tired and she hasn't had much sleep, The water on old Bourbon Street is standin mighty deep, They're bussin folks to Houston and the levees still are down, There seems to be no copin when such troubles come around. |
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We dropped more sandbags but the water kept a-risin The pumps weren't running, there were gators in the streets The levees couldn't hold and the Superdome was leakin Twas a shame to see the ruin brought by Hurricane Katrin. |
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The gators and the cottonmouths were found all over town, Nobody knows how many folks were swept-away or drowned. FEMA and the ARC are doin what they can But twas way too little, way too late things just got out-of-hand. |
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Oh, we�ll pay at the pump And we'll pay again at tax-time Lord, the price of heating oil! -the price of gasoline! When it's all totaled-up It won't amount to nothin Like the sufferin of the people of the town of New Orleans. |
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We dropped more sandbags but the water kept a-risin The pumps weren't running, there were gators in the streets The levees couldn't hold and the Superdome was leakin Twas a shame to see the ruin brought by Hurricane Katrin. |