Lyrics - Evangeline by Band

E(intro)
AShe stands on the banks of the mighty mississippi
EAlone in the pale moonlight
Waiting for a man, a riverboat gambler
ASaid that he’d return tonight
They used to waltz on the banks of the mighty mississippi
ELoving the whole night through’til the riverboat gambler went off to make a killing
AAnd bring it on back to you.
D a
Evangeline, evangeline
E a
Curses the soul of the mississippi queen
E a
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

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