Mary Gauthier - Sugar Cane Lyrics
Mama said she don't give a damn what those people say
Cane smoke can't be good for you day after day
Every year at harvest time when the black smoke filled the sky
Shed pick me up and take me home and make me stay inside
All the way up the bayou from Lafourche to Iberville
Dirty air, dirty laundry, dirty money, dirty rain
A dirty dark at daybreak burning the sugar cane
Christmas on the bayou, midnight come and gone
Driving past the sugar mill and all the lights are on
The parking lot is full of trucks I can see the furnace glow
Everybody's working overtime, it's a good job, even though
From Thibodaux to Raceland there's fire in the fields
Dirty air, dirty laundry, dirty money, dirty rain
A dirty dark at daybreak burning the sugar cane
First came the sugar cane, then came Thibodaux
Cane sugar built this town, cane sugar paved these roads
They burn the leaves to harvest cash, money for the company
Money makes the world go round, money, money, money
From Thibodaux to Raceland there's fire in the fields
All the way up the bayou from Lafourche to Iberville
Dirty air, dirty laundry, dirty money, dirty rain
A dirty dark at daybreak burning, burning
The soot and ash are falling like a dark and deadly snow
The air is full of poison to the Gulf of Mexico
Dirty air, dirty laundry dirty money dirty rain
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Mary Gauthier Sugar Cane Comments
Now that's a fucking good song.
Who is on fiddle and ankle bells? Love that grove. 🌹🌹
wow, where have I been. I just found mary
And she tells the truth, about it all. I lived about 2years in Thibadeaux (lol I still can't spell it) and my back yard was a cane field. My foster brother would come home covered with cuts from those blades, leaves cutting the cane with a scythe, just before the burning.
Perfect lyrics, perfect melody, super performance!!!
thanks David ,should have replyed sooner
mary is awesome her friend is hot
I recently discovered Mary Gauthier (last 2 years ) she's awesome and has great music , her fiddle player is also awesome , what a great voice !!! who is she ?
Tania Elizabeth, I think.
I came across Mary Gauthier about a year ago, I love her music great voice. Great lyrics to.
Mary.
From. Ireland
This is so good!
Been a Mary Gauthier fan for years. As someone who grew up in South Louisiana, I especially love this song.