Well I thought I?d go out to Tulsa And ride in a rodeo Red beans and rice sure would be nice Back where the Mississippi River flows [Chorus] And it's a long way back to Vicksburg Mississippi River is muddy and wide But it don't seem like much When sweet Louisiana's waitin' on the other side Well there's a lot of room up in Canada Where a man catch his breath But the men are bold and the women are cold And you damn near freeze to d**h [Chorus] There's pretty girls in Kansas City And a man can have a ball But the women in Ouachita Parish Drive a young man up the wall [Chorus] Well I thought I?d go out to Tulsa And ride in a rodeo Red beans and rice sure would be nice Back where the Mississippi River flows [Chorus] 'Cause it don't seem like much When sweet Louisiana's waitin' on the other side