[ti:The Last Waltz Suite Evangeline [Feat. Emmylou Harris]
[ar:the band]
[al:The Last Waltz]
[00:03.81]She stands on the bank of the mighty Mississippi
[00:18.37]Alone in the pale moonlight
[00:21.51]Waitin' for a man, a riverboat gambler
[00:28.76]Said that he'd return tonight
[00:32.51]
[00:33.51]They used to waltz on the banks of the mighty Mississippi
[00:41.62]Lovin' the whole night through
[00:45.96]'Til the riverboat gambler went off to make a killing
[00:52.16]And bring it on back to you.
[00:54.86]
[00:55.31]Evangeline, Evangeline
[01:04.47]Curses the soul of the Mississippi Queen
[01:09.02]That pulled her man away.
[01:12.82]
[01:30.43]Bayou Sam, from South Louisian'
[01:34.73]Had gambling in his veins
[01:39.04]Evangeline, from the Maritimes
[01:45.28]Was slowly goin' insane.
[01:48.83]
[01:50.17]High on the top of Hickory Hill
[01:57.76]She stands in the lightnin' and thunder
[02:02.37]Down on the river the boat was a-sinkin'
[02:08.27]She watched that queen go under
[02:13.22]
[02:13.82]Evangeline, Evangeline
[02:21.77]Curses the soul of the Mississippi Queen
[02:25.84]That pulled her man away.
[02:30.52]
[02:33.92]Evangeline, Evangeline
[02:38.36]Curses the soul of the Mississippi Queen
[02:43.41]That pulled her man away.