[Intro: Button accordion kick-off, rubboard enters bar 3] [Verse 1] The river took the rice field, and the levee took my road, Lord, the river took my rice field, and the levee took my road — Les haricots sont pas salés, but I'm dancing with my load. [Verse 2] I went down to Houston where they said the work was fine, Yes, I went down to Houston, where they swore the work was fine — Got a shovel and a paycheck that was gone by half past nine. [Chorus: Lead and trio, call and response] Zydeco sont pas salés — (Pas salés!) Ain't no salt meat in the pot today — (Dance it away!) Zydeco sont pas salés — (Pas salés!) Roll the rug back, let the rubboard play — (Dance it away!) [Instrumental Break: Accordion, 12 bars] [Verse 3] Mama pawned her wedding ring to keep the lamp alight, Mama pawned her wedding ring just to keep the lamp alight — But she kept that old accordion, and she played it Saturday night. [Instrumental Break: Fiddle, lonesome double stops, 12 bars] [Verse 4: Stop-time, band hits on beat one, rubboard scrapes in the gaps] No salt meat in the kettle — no money in the jar — No salt meat in the kettle, Lord, no money in the jar — But the fiddle's on the porch, and the dance floor's in the yard. [Chorus: Doubled, full band] Zydeco sont pas salés — (Pas salés!) Ain't no salt meat in the pot today — (Dance it away!) Zydeco sont pas salés — (Pas salés!) Roll the rug back, let the rubboard play — (Dance it away!) [Instrumental Break: Accordion and fiddle trade four bars each] [Outro: Tag, repeat B line three times] Les haricots sont pas salés, but I'm dancing with my load, Les haricots sont pas salés, but I'm dancing with my load, Les haricots sont pas salés — but I'm dancing with my load. (All: Pas salés!) [End]
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