Catahoula - The Bellamy Brothers

Well I left Okeechobee I was on a quest

Stopped at Weeki Wachee where the mermaids nest

I seen Sopchoppy, I turned it left

I hit Apalachicola, headed west

Crossed two more states and a drivin' rain

Finally reached Lake Pontchartrain

In the bayou town I found my dream

In the purtiest hound you ever seen

Catahoula, best friend I ever had

I scratch his ear and he brings my beer and comforts me when I’m sad

My cajun queen went to New Orleans, spent up all my moolah

Well I don’t give a damn I’m a happy man I got a dog called Catahoula

In a plywood shack eatin' etouffee

Drinkin Dixie beer passin' time away

If the sun goes down on a lazy day

It’s time to dance while the 'cordian plays

We’ll hunt them 'possums by a southern moon

Just to hear 'em bark makes a-my heart swoon

From the Atchafalaya to the Chandeleur

The zydeco rhythm and my old pal Blue

Well the crawfish boil and the alligators bark

Oh I want a little more tobasco sauce

That sawin' fiddle sure feels fine

I’ll sing his praises one more time

I don’t give a damn I’m a happy man I got a dog called Catahoula