Adalaida

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Adalaida, pretty little Cajun queen, 
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sweet dixie flower, the Belle of the bayou, 
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you're every young man's dream. 
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Adalaida, I'd walk through the hurricane 
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to stand beside you, sweet Adalaida, 
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I'd swim the Pontchartrain. 


Verse 1:
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Oh, no, hear you comin' down the road 
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with your cotton dress a-swishin', you gettin' some attention 
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from all the boys in Thibodaux. 
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Oh, my, you really fillin' up their eyes, 
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smilin' and a winkin' I know what they're thinkin' 
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but I'm the only one who loves you so. 

 
C  C      C                   G 
Adalaida, pretty little Cajun queen, 
G                       G 
sweet dixie flower, the Belle of the bayou, 
G                        C 
you're every young man's dream. 
C  C          C                     F 
Adalaida, I'd walk through the hurricane 
   G                 G 
to stand beside you, sweet Adalaida, 
    G                C            C 
I'd swim the Pontchartrain. 


Interlude 
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Verse 2:
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Oh, no, the hottest little dish I know, 
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I know you can tell it you makin' me so jealous 
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from my head down to my toes. 
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Oh, me, you could make a redneck green, 
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the way that you're lookin', you got me a cookin' 
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and I ain't talking 'bout étoufée. 

 
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Adalaida, pretty little Cajun queen, 
G                       G 
sweet dixie flower, the Belle of the bayou, 
G                        C 
you're every young man's dream. 
C  C          C                     F 
Adalaida, I'd walk through the hurricane 
   G                 G 
to stand beside you, sweet Adalaida, 
    G                C            C 
I'd swim the Pontchartrain. 

C  C      C                   G 
Adalaida, pretty little Cajun queen, 
G                       G 
sweet dixie flower, the Belle of the bayou, 
G                        C 
you're every young man's dream. 
C  C          C                     F 
Adalaida, I'd walk through the hurricane 
   G                 G 
to stand beside you, sweet Adalaida, 
   G                 G 
to stand beside you, sweet Adalaida, 
        G            G 
just to stand beside of my sweet Adalida 
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I'd swim the Pontchartrain. 
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