Louisiana 1927 / Randy Newman

日曜日の南林間HideawayでJunサンがDancing Feetで歌ったこの歌、今回の津波で流された人のことを思いながら練習したのだそうだ。Junサンの歌にも感動したが、今日たまたまRandy Newmanを聴いてたらこの曲が出てきてもう一度感動した。この動画の映像はともかく（笑）、このメロディーは鳥肌が立つほど美しい。淡々と状況を描写してて、多くのことをを言外で雄弁に語るこの歌詞もすばらしい。

What has happened down here is the wind have 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 have busted through cleared down to Plaquemines
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline

Louisiana, Louisiana
They're tyrin' to wash us away
They're tryin' to wash us away
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're tryin' to wash us away
They're tryin' to wash us away

President Coolidge came 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 crackers land."