Lyric Rosianna

You know I d chase the roll around Louisiana
Til I finally got her down in New Orleans
I could not be told nobody keep a hold on Rosianna
So I guess I d better show em what I mean

The man don t live in Louisiana
To make me give up my Rosianna
Thought I d haul back in Alabama
Ain t no ball and chain about her
They can t keep this boy from tryin
I m gonna bring her back if I have to drag her all the way home,
Yes I will

In his big cold hand he ________________my Rosianna
Got me sent up to the pen in Baton Rogue
I caught him lyin down __________________-with a ball peen hammer
Yes I did
When I left poor Hank he never got up again

The man don t live in Louisiana
To make me give up my Rosianna
Thought I d haul back in Alabama
Ain t no ball and chain about her
They can t keep this boy from tryin
I m gonna bring her back if I have to drag her all the way home,
Yes I will

Fiddle solo

So let the fact be known any mother s grown boy thinks I m funny
Is gonna find hisself a knot just like poor Hank
Yes he will

Cause the mother don t live in Louisiana
To make me give up my Rosianna
Thought I d haul back in Alabama
Ain t no ball and chain about her
They can t keep this boy from tryin
I m gonna bring her back if I have to drag her all the way home,
Yes I will