Well, I thought I'd go out to Tulsa
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And ride in a rodeo
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Red beans and rice sure would be nice
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Back where the Mississippi River flows
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And it's a long way back to Vicksburg
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Mississippi River is muddy and wide
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But it don't seem like much
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When sweet Louisiana's waitin' on the other side
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Well, there's a lot of room up in Canada
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Where a man can catch his breath
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But the men are bold and the women are cold
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And you damn near freeze to death
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And it's a long way back to Vicksburg
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Mississippi River is muddy and wide
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But it don't seem like much
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When sweet Louisiana's waitin' on the other side
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There's pretty girls in Kansas City
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And a man can have a ball
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But the women in Ouachita Parish
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Drive a young man up the wall
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And it's a long way back to Vicksburg
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Mississippi River is muddy and wide
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But it don't seem like much
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When sweet Louisiana's waitin' on the other side
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Well, I thought I'd go out to Tulsa
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And ride in a rodeo
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Red beans and rice sure would be nice
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Back where the Mississippi River flows
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And it's a long way back to Vicksburg
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Mississippi River is muddy and wide
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But it don't seem like much
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When sweet Louisiana's waitin' on the other side
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'Cause it don't seem like much
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When sweet Louisiana's waitin' on the other side
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Sweet Louisiana
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| The Charlie Daniels Band |