That Steamboat

Now this is a story about the young man from Natchez Mississippi Whose father took a steamboat called the Delta Queen to New Orleans And got killed in a poker game The young man thought about it for awhile and then decided on revenge And he said I'm gonna ride that steamboat That steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans he got killed in a poker game downtown Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans some poky cajun gambler shot him down Daddy rode that steamboat didn't take me along And I've been sittin' there thinking all day long And I'm a gonna ride that steamboat take my gun along I'll get the man that done my daddy wrong Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans daddy was pretty good with a deck of cards He said that he'd get rich in New Ortleans Cause the game's too good and the cash is pourin' high But you can win no money when the deck of cards you stack And the steamboat never brought my daddy back And I'm a gonna ride...