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[Intro]
[Verse]
Down in the bayous of Louisiana,
Where the swamp moss grows on the back of your hand.
Papa set out from our one-room shack,
Said he went fishin' but he never came back.
And Mama said "Son, don't you ever go out
To Leroux swamp when the sun goes down.
Creature down there called the Parlangua,
He got your brother, now he's got your Pa.”
[Chorus]
The Parlangua's the swamp boogie man
Half alligator and the other half man.
Son don't go when you hear the call:
Of the swamp water booger, the Parlangua.
[Verse]
I told my mama, "Gotta make things right,
Going huntin' down in Leroux swamp tonight.
The stories that the old men told to me,
You gotta stick it with a stick from a sweet gum tree."
A whippoorwill cried and I prayed to God,
Then I headed for the swamp in a cold gray fog.
Hours passed, it was drizzling' rain,
When I realized that I had lost my way.
[Chorus]
The Parlangua's the swamp boogie man
Half alligator and the other half man.
Son don't go when you hear the call:
Of the swamp water booger, the Parlangua.
[Verse]
A chillin' fear inside of me
As I whittled off a stick from a sweet gum tree.
Spanish moss hanging all around,
Stoppin' to listen at every sound.
I stumbled and fell tangled up in vines,
Fear and panic shootin' through my mind.
Tried to rise and then I heard him scream:
The Parlangua standin' over me.
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
Down on the bayous of Lousiana,
Where the swamp moss grows on the back of your hand.
My mama lives alone in a one-room shack-
Her boy went huntin' but he never came back
[Chorus]
The Parlangua's the swamp boogie man
Half alligator and the other half man.
Son don't go when you hear the call:
Of the swamp water booger, the Parlangua.