She was a princess who lived in the Bayou

They called her by many names

But it didn’t matter what you called her

She would turn her victims into flames

 

They said she was an evil spirit

And she liked to wrestle with her snake

No one had ever seen the princess

But they knew her spells would take

 

Hey, my Bayou princess

Will you burn my man alive

Make him beg you for some mercy

And take away his cheatin’ drive

 

You could hear the screams from the Bayou

When she was performing a mighty spell

Just leave some silver on the old tree stump

In the morning, there was a nasty smell

 

The cheaters would never be seen again

As the wild dogs would howl at night

When the moon shone over the Bayou

It's enough to give anyone the fright

 

Hey, my Bayou princess

Will you burn my man alive

Make him beg you for some mercy

And take away his cheatin’ drive

 

The women loved the Bayou princess

She would make the evil go away

No one wants a cheatin’ man

In the Bayou, that's just their way

 

The women loved the Bayou princess

She would make the evil go away

No one wants a cheatin’ man

In the Bayou, that's just their way

 

Hey, my Bayou princess

Will you burn my man alive

Make him beg you for some mercy

And take away his cheatin’ drive

 

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