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Louisiana 1927

Blake Montgomery & Sreesh Reddy. Louisiana 1927. Information. By Randy Newman on his album Good Ole Boys in 1974 Written about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. Arguably the most destructive flood in United States history 700,000 people were displaced

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Louisiana 1927

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  1. Blake Montgomery & Sreesh Reddy Louisiana 1927

  2. Information • By Randy Newman on his album Good Ole Boys in 1974 • Written about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927

  3. Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 • Arguably the most destructive flood inUnited Stateshistory • 700,000 people were displaced • In 10 days, the flood covered 1 million acres with water 10 feet deep.

  4. Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 • President Coolidge did nothing to aid the victims of the flood. • Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, was appointed to a special committee to handle this catastrophe. • This seat made the public view Hoover as a hero and won him the Republican nomination for President.

  5. “Concentration” Camps • African Americans were not allowed to leave the Mississippi Delta for fear they would never return. • They worked by putting sand bags on the levees for 75 cents a day. • White people kept “good” Red Cross food for themselves by insisting it would “spoil” the African Americans.

  6. Explanation of Lyrics • The song’s lyrics illustrate the tensions between the south and the north following the Civil War. • Clouds rolled in from the north • Louisiana, Louisiana They’re tryin’ to wash us away • Isn’t it a shame what the river has done to this poor cracker’s land

  7. Current Significance • Song gained new meaning to a younger audience when Hurricane Katrina hit. • Seen relationship in government negligence between Hurricane Katrina and the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. • During Katrina, many criticized the actions of Governor Blanco for prioritizing nuclear facilities over evacuation of residents.

  8. Lyrics CHORUS: Louisiana, Louisiana They're tyrin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away Repeat President Coolidge come down in a railroad train With a little fat man with a note-pad in his hand The President say, "Little fat man isn't it a shame what the river has Done to this poor cracker’s land.” CHORUS They’re tryin’ to wash us away They’re tryin’ to wash us away What has happened down here is the wind has changed Clouds roll in from the north and it started to rain Rained real hard and rained for a real long time Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline
 The river rose all day The river rose all night Some people got lost in the flood Some people got away alright The river has busted through cleared down to Plaque mines Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline

  9. Works Cited Ambrose, Stephen. “Great Flood.” NationalGeographic.com 1 May 2001. 14 December 2008 <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/05/0501_river4.html> Barry, John. Rising Tide. Simon and Schuster, 1998. Brinkley, Douglas. The Great Deluge. HarperCollins, 2005. Courrier, Kevin. Randy Newman’s American Dreams. ECW Press, 2005. Meeker, David. Jazz On The Screen. London, 2005. “Randy Newman, ‘Louisiana 1927’.” Music News. Natl. Public Radio. 9 September 2005. 14 December 2008 <http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id= 4838741&m=4838742.>

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