Lyrics Louisiana Boogie - Merle Travis

Way down in Louisiana where a feller played piano
In a boogie woogie Delta band
When trouble was arrivin' he'd go right on a-jivin'
With a .38 special in his hand
He got to shootin' one night a-not a-meanin' no harm
He ended up a-workin' on a prison farm

And now they call him Old Delta Dan
The Louisiana Boogie Woogie Man
He does the Louisiana Boogie (Louisiana Boogie)
With a ball and chain (ball and chain)
He knows the boogie woogie just like his middle name

When the sun it comes a-cookin' and the guard he ain't a-lookin'
He gets a good grip on his hole
Starts a-grinnin' and a-choppin', reelin' and a-rockin'
'Til he gets to the end of the row
Just a-choppin' in rhythm and a-havin' his fun
A-hittin' eight beats to the other man's one

Ol' eight-beat Delta Dan
The Louisiana Boogie Woogie Man
He does the Louisiana Boogie (Louisiana Boogie)
With a ball and chain (ball and chain)
He knows the boogie woogie just like his middle name

One day he told the warden if he couldn't get a pardon
There's a favor that would suit him so well
Tell the state of Louisiana just to gimme my piano
Lock it with me in my cell
When Gabriel blows his trumpet at the end of time
I'll have him boogie woogie when he blows the second line

Ol' boogie woogie Delta Dan
The Louisiana Boogie Woogie Man
He does the Louisiana Boogie (Louisiana Boogie)
With a ball and chain (ball and chain)
He knows the boogie woogie just like his middle name