It's Called Acadiana

When in Louisiana,
there’s a place that you must go.
It’s called Acadiana –
where the Cajuns are, you know.
It’s filled with unique people...
all with a story to tell.
You should listen very closely,
“cause they spin a yarn so well.”
They speak of family closeness
and traditions they hold dear.
They just might talk in Cajun French...
a treat you’ll want to hear.
Their food is hot and spicy...
jambalaya, etouffe’.
Crawfish, seafood gumbo...
all cooked the Cajun way.
Their music is quite different –
Chank-a-Chank and Zydeco...
Watching the Cajun Two-Step
makes you want to tap your toe!
You’ve just been told a little ‘bout
the way things are down there.
These words don’t do it justice...
it’s simply beyond compare!
So when in Louisiana,
there’s a place that you must go.
It’s called Acadiana –
where the Cajuns are, you know.

©Nita Risher McGlawn 1989

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New Orleans' Ambience

Beignets and coffee...streetcars and boats,
Mardi Gras madness...calliope notes,
Bohemian artists...street mimes and jugglers,
Stories of river ghosts, pirates and smugglers,
Soulful music from a street corner horn,
The fact that this is where jazz was first born,
Fresh produce and trinkets from French Market vendors,
Shotguns, camelbacks, St. Charles Avenue splendors,
Wrought iron and gingerbread, houses so quaint,
Sports in the Superdome...pulling for the Saints,
Audubon Zoo...a white tiger and ‘gators,
“Where y’at” – Ninth Warders, secondline paraders,
Creole dishes...food “extraordinare,”
Charming people you can’t match anywhere,
Even the weather – quite balmy and hot –
Make New Orleans “The City That Care Forgot!”

© Nita Risher McGlawn 1989

All Rights Reserved

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