A Concert for Hurricane Relief, September 2, 2005. Aaron Neville performing "Louisiana 1927"
"The river rose all day, the river rose all night.
Some people got lost in the flood, some people got away alright.
The river has busted through clear down to Plaquemine,
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline.
Oh Louisiana, oh Louisiana,
They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away.
Oh Louisiana, oh Louisiana,
They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away.
President Coolidge come down, in a railroad train.
Little fat man with a note pad in his hand.
President say little fat man, oh isn't it a shame,
What the river has done to this poor people's land.
Oh Louisiana, oh Louisiana,
They're trying to wash us away, you're trying to wash us away.
Oh Louisiana, Louisiana,
They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away.
They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away."
~Randy Newman
I did this 'just because', but if you want, here's a way to help remember. Or, help however you think is best, even if it's just spending a minute during the day to consider how hard it must be for everyone whose home has all but disappeared.
1 comments:
such unbelievable devastation.
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