Down by the river's edge
 Skinny dippin' in the bright moonlight
 Divin' off a ledge
 Skippin' rocks across the water
 Fishin' on an old trout line
 Giggin' frogs 'til the early mornin'
 Smokin' dried crossvine

 Take me back down where the Red River rolls
 Send me back to Louisianne
 Take me back down where the white water flows
 To the Cajun promised land
 Give me my line and my old pirogue
 Get me back as fast as you can
 Take me back home where the Red River rolls
 Take me back home where the Red River rolls

 Floatin' down the river on a patched up inner tube
 Eatin' dinner on the ground
 Made of fresh caught catfish stew
 Lay wake at night
 When I hear a wildcat scream
 Tellin' tales by campfire light
 About the girls in our dreams

 Take me back home where the Red River rolls
 Send me back to Louisianne
 Take me back down where the white water flows
 To the Cajun promised land
 Give me my line and my old pirogue
 Get me back as fast as you can
 Take me back home where the Red River rolls
 Take me back home where the Red River rolls

 Take me back home where the Red River rolls
 Send me back to Louisianne
 Take me back down where the white water flows
 To the Cajun promised land
 Give me my line and my old pirogue
 Get me back as fast as you can
 Take me back home where the Red River rolls
 Take me back home where the Red River rolls