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Adalaida, pretty little Cajun queen,
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sweet dixie flower, the Belle of the bayou,
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you're every young man's dream.
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Adalaida, I'd walk through the hurricane
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to stand beside you, sweet Adalaida,
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I'd swim the Pontchartrain.
Verse 1:
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Oh, no, hear you comin' down the road
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with your cotton dress a-swishin', you gettin' some attention
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from all the boys in Thibodaux.
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Oh, my, you really fillin' up their eyes,
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smilin' and a winkin' I know what they're thinkin'
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but I'm the only one who loves you so.
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Adalaida, pretty little Cajun queen,
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sweet dixie flower, the Belle of the bayou,
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you're every young man's dream.
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Adalaida, I'd walk through the hurricane
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to stand beside you, sweet Adalaida,
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I'd swim the Pontchartrain.
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Verse 2:
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Oh, no, the hottest little dish I know,
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I know you can tell it you makin' me so jealous
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from my head down to my toes.
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Oh, me, you could make a redneck green,
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the way that you're lookin', you got me a cookin'
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and I ain't talking 'bout étoufée.
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Adalaida, pretty little Cajun queen,
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sweet dixie flower, the Belle of the bayou,
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you're every young man's dream.
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Adalaida, I'd walk through the hurricane
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to stand beside you, sweet Adalaida,
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I'd swim the Pontchartrain.
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Adalaida, pretty little Cajun queen,
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sweet dixie flower, the Belle of the bayou,
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you're every young man's dream.
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Adalaida, I'd walk through the hurricane
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to stand beside you, sweet Adalaida,
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to stand beside you, sweet Adalaida,
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just to stand beside of my sweet Adalida
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I'd swim the Pontchartrain.
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