[00:15.099]Thirty miles on the Gulf Stream
[00:18.097]I hear the south wind moan
[00:21.838]The bridges getting lower
[00:25.385]Shrimp boats coming home
[00:29.092]The old man down in the Quarter
[00:32.793]Slowly turns his head
[00:37.110]Takes a sip from his whiskey bottle
[00:40.243]And this is what he said
[00:43.740]I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain
[00:47.315]Underneath the Louisiana moon
[00:51.294]I don't mind the strain of a hurricane
[00:54.869]They come around every June
[00:58.695]High black water, a devil's daughter
[01:01.975]She's hard, she's cold and she's mean
[01:06.028]But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water
[01:09.642]To wash away New Orleans
[01:15.424]
[01:16.431]Man came down from Chicago
[01:18.561]He gonna set that levee right
[01:22.225]He says, "It needs to be at least three feet higher
[01:26.202]It won't make it through the night"
[01:29.776]But the old man down in the Quarter
[01:33.295]He said don't you listen to that boy
[01:37.427]The water be down by the morning
[01:40.635]And he'll be back to Illinois
[01:44.716]
[01:46.516]I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain
[01:50.025]Underneath the Louisiana Moon
[01:53.965]I don't mind the strain of a hurricane
[01:57.582]They come around every June
[02:01.692]High black water, a devil's daughter
[02:04.858]She's hard, she's cold and she's mean
[02:08.879]But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water
[02:12.609]To wash away New Orleans
[02:15.253]
[02:51.953]Thirty miles on the Gulf Stream
[02:54.922]I hear the South wind moan
[02:58.778]Bridges getting lower
[03:02.330]Shrimp boats coming home
[03:06.146]The old man down in the Quarter
[03:09.753]Slowly turns his head
[03:13.985]Takes a drink from his whiskey bottle
[03:17.363]And this is what he said
[03:24.025]
[03:26.108]I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain
[03:29.832]Underneath the Louisiana Moon
[03:33.967]I don't mind the strain of a hurricane
[03:37.472]They come around every June
[03:41.188]High black water, a devil's daughter
[03:44.437]She's hard, she's cold and she's mean
[03:48.538]But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water
[03:52.194]To wash away New Orleans
[03:56.537]
[03:57.652]I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain
[04:01.204]Underneath the Louisiana Moon
[04:05.189]I don't mind the strain of a hurricane
[04:08.690]They come around every June
[04:12.434]High black water, a devil's daughter
[04:15.838]She's hard, she's cold and she's mean
[04:19.791]But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water
[04:23.527]To wash away New Orleans
[04:27.785]