[Intro]
There's a hundred thousand Frenchmen in New Orleans
In New Orleans, there are Frenchmen everywhere
But your house could fall down
Your baby could drown
Wouldn't one of those Frenchmen care
Everybody, gather 'round
Loosen up your suspenders
Hunker down on the ground
I'm a cracker and you are too
Don't I take good care of you?
[Verse 1]
Who built the highway to Baton Rouge?
Who put up the hospital and built you schools?
Who looks after shit-kickers like you?
The Kingfish do!
[Verse 2]
Who gave a party at the Roosevelt Hotel
Invited the whole north half of the state down there for free?
People in the city had their eyes bugging out
'Cause everyone looked just like me
[Chorus]
Here come the Kingfish, the Kingfish
Everybody sing
It's the Kingfish, the Kingfish
Every man a king
[Verse 3]
Who took on the Standard Oil men and whipped their ass
Just like he promised he'd do?
Ain't no Standard Oil men gonna run this state
Gonna be run by little folks like me and you
[Chorus]
Here's the Kingfish, the Kingfish
Friend of the working man
The Kingfish, the Kingfish
The Kingfish gonna save this land