[Verse 1]

I remember camping all night down by the river's edge

Skinny dipping in the bright moonlight, diving off the ledge

Skipping rocks across the water, fishing on an old trot line

Gigging frogs 'til the early morning, smoking dried cross vine

[Chorus]

Take me back down where the Red River rolls

Send me back to Lou'sianne

Take me back down where the white water flows

To the Cajun promised land

Give me my line and my old pirogue

Get me back as fast as you can

Take me back home where the Red River rolls

Take me back down where the Red River rolls

[Verse 2]

Floating down the river on a patched up inner tube

Eating dinner on the ground, made of fresh caught catfish stew

Lay awake at night when I hear a wildcat scream

Telling tales around the campfire light about the girls in our dreams

[Chorus]

Send me back down where the Red River rolls

Send me back to Lou'sianne

Take me back down where the white water flows

To the Cajun promised land

Give me my line and my old pirogue

Get me back as fast as you can

Take me back home where the Red River rolls

Take me back down where the Red River rolls

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

Take me back down where the Red River rolls

Send me back to Lou'sianne

Take me back down where the white water flows

To the Cajun promised land

Give me my line and my old pirogue

Get me back as fast as you can

Take me back home where the Red River rolls

Take me back down where the Red River rolls