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Bottom line: The woman cut outta town and left the singer there in Big Mamou (either the town, literally, or the prairie in that area -- we are talkin' Louisiana, of course). She left him for another man. An outsider, perhaps? Some rich guy who came to town to make a bid on local rice, impressin' her as he smoked a Cuban cigar and knockin back Bourbon in the Hotel Cazan bar? The singer misses her and wants her back. But the song is usually played up-beat and danceable, so few folks even pick up on the lyrics.

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According to Lissauer's Encyclopedia of Popular Music in America, Words and music by Link Davis, 1953.Leading records by Pete Hanley (Okeh) and Dolores Gray (Decca).

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