Oh the slough winds all serpentine Full of black delta peat Yellow bronze grapes of muscadine Growing wild and sweet On the shore Lady, there ya were In your robes of a queen And your lips sang a heron's song In my hour of need And I feel I wanna' crow Howlin' in my sleep Churning in my soul Josephine Oh the wasteland is plenty wide Far as I ever seen And the swamp, she's a full of moonlight Full of mangrove trees And I feel I wanna' crow Howlin' in my sleep Churning in my soul Josephine Pity darkness to follow me With it's crocodile leer For the hatchet of Josephine Of the swamps might appear And I feel I wanna' crow Howlin' in my sleep Churning in my soul Josephine And I feel I wanna' crow Howlin' in my sleep Churning in my soul Josephine