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Evangeline Blues © Hal Brolund 2013 (SOCAN)

Evangeline your sons and daughters
shine like the riverboat Queen
as she makes her way
through your clear blue waters
the prettiest sight I've ever seen.
A gambler calls out little joe
passes out from rolling a seven
me I caught a deuce and a thirty two juice
before the Queen took me straight to heaven

(chorus)
I put on my Sunday clothing
I put on my church going shoes
get myself down to the river
and sing these Evangeline blues

Evangeline you flow through the country
your waters flow right down to the sea
I've been a slave to the dice
a prisioner of this vice
on the riverboats of Evangeline
Once you have set me free
Once you have carried me away
I'll be rolling dice in heaven tonight
on the waves of Evangeline

(chorus)

(solo)

Once you have set me free
Once you have carried me away
I'll be rolling dice in heaven tonight
on the waves of Evangeline

(chorus)