Rosianna — текст песни (Manhattan Transfer)

You know I`d chase the roll around Louisiana
`Til I finally got her down in New Orleans
I could not be told nobody keep a hold on Rosianna
So I guess I`d better show `em what I mean

The man don`t live in Louisiana
To make me give up my Rosianna
Thought I`d haul back in Alabama
Ain`t no ball and chain about her
They can`t keep this boy from tryin`
I`m gonna bring her back if I have to drag her all the way home,
Yes I will

In his big cold hand he ________________my Rosianna
Got me sent up to the pen in Baton Rogue
I caught him lyin` down __________________-with a ball peen hammer
Yes I did
When I left poor Hank he never got up again

The man don`t live in Louisiana
To make me give up my Rosianna
Thought I`d haul back in Alabama
Ain`t no ball and chain about her
They can`t keep this boy from tryin`
I`m gonna bring her back if I have to drag her all the way home,
Yes I will

Fiddle solo

So let the fact be known any mother`s grown boy thinks I`m funny
Is gonna find hisself a knot just like poor Hank
Yes he will

`Cause the mother don`t live in Louisiana
To make me give up my Rosianna
Thought I`d haul back in Alabama
Ain`t no ball and chain about her
They can`t keep this boy from tryin`
I`m gonna bring her back if I have to drag her all the way home,
Yes I will