I AM I AM LOUISIANALOUISIANA!!

BY PAUL OTTBY PAUL OTT

I AM LOUISIANAI AM LOUISIANA!!

I'm Spanish I'm Spanish moss on a live moss on a live

oak tree!oak tree!Cajun fried Cajun fried

shrimp and a shrimp and a cypress kneecypress knee.

BY PAUL OTTBY PAUL OTT

I AM LOUISIANAI AM LOUISIANA!! BY PAUL OTTBY PAUL OTT

I'm I'm Bienville, Bienville, Captain Captain Shreve, Shreve,

BeauregarBeauregard, Zack d, Zack

Taylor and Taylor and Jean Jean

Lafitte.Lafitte.

I AM I AM LOUISIANALOUISIANA!!

BY PAUL OTTBY PAUL OTT

I'm New I'm New Orleans, the Orleans, the

land of land of dreams dreams

Creole cookin' Creole cookin' and a Mardi and a Mardi Gras king.Gras king.

I AM LOUISIANAI AM LOUISIANA!! BY PAUL OTTBY PAUL OTT

I'm a I'm a thoroughbred thoroughbred

racin' at racin' at Louisiana Louisiana Downs,Downs,

Avery Island Avery Island and a Catahoula and a Catahoula

hound.hound.

I AM LOUISIANAI AM LOUISIANA!! BY PAUL OTTBY PAUL OTT

I'm the Louisiana I'm the Louisiana Hayride and the Hayride and the

birth of the birth of the blues,blues,

The Evangeline, The Evangeline, Chickory Coffee Chickory Coffee

and Baton Rougeand Baton Rouge.

I AM LOUISIANAI AM LOUISIANA!! BY PAUL OTTBY PAUL OTT

I'm when the I'm when the Saints Go Saints Go

Marchin' In the Marchin' In the Superdome,Superdome,

The Atchafalaya The Atchafalaya and an old and an old

plantation home.plantation home.

I AM LOUISIANAI AM LOUISIANA!! BY PAUL OTTBY PAUL OTT

I'm jambalaya, a I'm jambalaya, a catfish fry and a filet catfish fry and a filet

gumbo,gumbo,A sugar cane patch, A sugar cane patch,

Pete Fountain, Pete Fountain, French Quarter and French Quarter and

Satchmo.Satchmo.

I AM LOUISIANAI AM LOUISIANA!! BY PAUL OTTBY PAUL OTT

Well, I'm the Well, I'm the Mississippi River Mississippi River as it rounds the as it rounds the

bend.bend.I am Louisiana. I am Louisiana. Ya'll Come Back Ya'll Come Back

Again.Again.

I AM LOUISIANAI AM LOUISIANA!!

Louisiana State Cultural Poemby Paul Ott

(State cultural poem adopted 2006)

I'm Spanish moss on a live oak treeI'm Spanish moss on a live oak treeCajun fried shrimp and a cypress knee.Cajun fried shrimp and a cypress knee.I'm Bienville, Captain Shreve, Beauregard, Zack Taylor and Jean Lafitte.I'm Bienville, Captain Shreve, Beauregard, Zack Taylor and Jean Lafitte.I'm New Orleans, the land of dreams Creole cookin' and a Mardi Gras king.I'm New Orleans, the land of dreams Creole cookin' and a Mardi Gras king.I'm a thoroughbred racin' at Louisiana Downs,I'm a thoroughbred racin' at Louisiana Downs,Avery Island and a Catahoula hound.Avery Island and a Catahoula hound.I'm the Louisiana Hayride and the birth of the blues,I'm the Louisiana Hayride and the birth of the blues,The Evangeline, Chickory Coffee and Baton Rouge.The Evangeline, Chickory Coffee and Baton Rouge.I'm when the Saints Go Marchin' In the Superdome,I'm when the Saints Go Marchin' In the Superdome,The Atchafalaya and an old plantation home.The Atchafalaya and an old plantation home.I'm jambalaya, a catfish fry and a filet gumbo,I'm jambalaya, a catfish fry and a filet gumbo,A sugar cane patch, Pete Fountain, French Quarter and Satchmo.A sugar cane patch, Pete Fountain, French Quarter and Satchmo.Well, I'm the Mississippi River as it rounds the bend.Well, I'm the Mississippi River as it rounds the bend.I am Louisiana. Ya'll Come Back Again.I am Louisiana. Ya'll Come Back Again.

I AM LOUISIANAI AM LOUISIANA!!Louisiana State Cultural Poem

by Paul Ott

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