INTRO
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Well I took me a river boat from Memphis and I rode to New Orleans
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I met up with a little cayenne mama,
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said she'd like to by my Delta queen.
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But there's one thing I forgot to tell you,
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There's one thing you should know...
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Said, "My mama was a voodoo princess and my heart beats black like coal."
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Well she made me some black magic gumbo and some voodoo etoufe'.
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Said "Once you taste my cookin' boy, gonna steal your heart away"
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But there's one thing I forgot to tell you,
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Yeah there's one I thing you should know...
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She said "Now once you taste my baby's cookin',
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It's gonna turn your heart black like coal."
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Now she took me a little walk down the bayou on a lover's rendevouz.
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Said "take my hand little cajun man, gonna do the thing lovers do"
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But there's one thing I forgot to tell you,
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Yeah there's one thing you should know...
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She said "Mmhmm mmhmmm ooh ooh ooh. Mmhmm mmhmm hmm."
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Now this ain't hardly no story,
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Well it's barely even worth the tell.
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But ya ramble around in a Delta town,
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You're sure to lose yourself.
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But there's one thing I forgot to tell you,
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Yeah, there's one thing I forgot to tell...
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I said, now don't you go messin' with no voodoo mama...
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She'll take you straight to hell.
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