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(intro)
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she stands on the banks of the mighty mississippi
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alone in the pale moonlight

waiting for a man, a riverboat gambler
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said that he´d return tonight

they used to waltz on the banks of the mighty mississippi
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loving the whole night through

´til the riverboat gambler went off to make a killing
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and bring it on back to you.

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evangeline, evangeline
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curses the soul of the mississippi queen
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that pulled her man away.

bayou sam, from the south lousianne
had gambling in his veins
evangeline, from the maritimes(-)
was slowly going insane.

high on the top of hickory hill
she stands in the lightning and thunder
down on the river the boat was a-sinking
she watched that queen go under