An Ode to New Orleans
Before God Changed the World
by Howard Winters
See the town called New Orleans
It's not the town it's always been
It's gone away
A hurricane came by one day
And made a mess or so they say
And then just went away
Oh, New Orleans, I miss you
and the good times that I had
I really do miss you
It was a good place to be bad
I lived there a long long time ago
and the town was sleepy
And this was so
And the coffee and beignets were fine
But now the wind 's blown every thing away
And it's to be rebuilt soon, they say
But I don't believe it will
There's a half million people gone
And New Orleans I miss you
And I'm tired of being good
And I'd love to be down there
If only I could
In bars there were plenty of
wild wild women there
And at Mardi Gras
Most everyone was bare
And it hadn't changed until this week
But now Ole Easy's not as fit
The wind has made a mess of it
And the dike's done failed
The waters done come rushin' in
And brought an end to all that sin
You should hear them wailin'
And all of us will miss you
Your bawdiness made life so good
And I'd love to be down there
If only I could...
volume 9(6)
This poem is copyright © 9/5/2005, Howard
Winters, all rights reserved.
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