Louisiana 1927
Written by Randy Newman
収録アルバム
Aaron Neville
Warm Your Heart
1991,A&M
ミシシッピ大洪水について書かれた ランディ・ニューマン作品。
"They're tyrin' to wash us away" とは突き放した言い回しだけれど，ランディ・ニューマンは彼のスタイルとして客観的な視線を弱者に向け，その状況を浮き立たす詞を書いてきたのだ。
ここで洪水に翻弄される人々と対比されるのは，大統領の愚かな有り様だ。
エアロンの歌はいささか感動的すぎるけれど，作者が込めた皮肉を強調するための手法なのかもしれない。
合衆国史上最大の洪水被害が "人災"面で引き合いに出されるのは，事前の対策不足ゆえのこと。
東日本大震災の場合の"人災"とは，事後２ヶ月以上経つ現在進行の"政府の無策"にほかならない。
What has happened down here is the wind have changed
Clouds roll in from the north and it started to rain
Rained real hard and rained for a real long time
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline
The river rose all day
The river rose all night
Some people got lost in the flood
Some people got away alright
The river have busted through cleard down to Plaquemines
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangelne
CHORUS
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're tyrin' to wash us away
They're tryin' to wash us away
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're tryin' to wash us away
They're tryin' to wash us away
President Coolidge came down in a railroad train
With a little fat man with a note-pad in his hand
The President say, "Little fat man isn't it a shame what the river has
done
To this poor crackers land."
CHORUS