Oh Louisiana
Can you hear the church bells ringing, along the Mississippi Bayou,
Or smell the fragrant perfume of the spring magnolia’s in
Full blossoms bloom, oh how sweet the air of Louisiana,
It calls unto this country girls inner soul, come home my
Child here all are welcome.
Beneath her Spanish moshes long eye lashes of beauty,
A queen of southern charm does exist, mystery’s elegant
Enchantress the bell of New Orleans, dancing under her
Masquerades mask of perfection.
The river boats stream along the sandy banks of the delta,
Brushing against the currents of fortunes favor,
Ever clicking, rattling the timbers of the shoreline,
In the wakes quaking divide, amidst the hushes rush broken,
Behold the bounty of the mighty river, in the golden
Twilight’s hour just before dawn.
Steeped in tradition’s ethnic flavor of the French
Cajun blend, what a spicy mixing's gumbo,
Of history and culture, a tasty recipe placed on
The menu of life done the southerner way.
Thrown are the nets of discovery,
On this ever changing landscape of natures
Wilderness left wild and free, as the winds
Blow through the willow pines, echoing down
The swampy essences of the haunting bayou.
Cotton Plantations, civil war monuments,
Your history is the stuff of legends and mythology,
Textured, layered upon the historic bricks of
A foundation of freedoms calling, in this
Place called America.
To walk in the footsteps of mine own four
Fathers, step by step you’re the legacies
Treasury for future generations to come,
So they may experience the old world
Flavor of a nation’s past, preserved in this
Garden of history, known as Louisiana.
Can you hear the church bells ringing, along the Mississippi Bayou,
Or smell the fragrant perfume of the spring magnolia’s in
Full blossoms bloom, oh how sweet the air of Louisiana,
It calls unto this country girls inner soul, come home my
Child here all are welcome.
BY: CHERYL ANNA DUNN
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