Louisiana's LeRoux -- Take a Ride On a Riverboat (with lyrics)

(CHORUS)
Take a ride on a riverboat
Gonna leave and that's all she wrote
Paddle wheel down to New Orleans
Gonna find me a brand new queen

In the spring when the leaves turn green
And a fever grip's your soul
Magnolia hits the air
Gonna make you lose control
You get weak down in your knees
And your heart just slips away
Delta nights are deadly
Delta women too
I'm gonna tell you by my witness
Oh, it's true

(Chorus x1)

When the eyes of a cajun woman
Hit you like a storm
A hurricane ain't never blown
That could do a boy more harm
It's easy come and easy go
And like a fool you'll learn
Delta nights are deadly
Delta women too
I'm gonna tell you by my witness
Yeah yeah it's true

(Chorus x2)

Delta nights are deadly
Delta women too
I'm gonna tell you by my witness
Yeah yeah it's true

(Chorus x2)

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[peterpun1]

Thanks for posting. I've been listening to the vinyl for years, great to hear it here.

[MsChellification]

@peterpun1

You're very welcome, Peter! Great memories from my teenage years :)

[mardigras11]

my fav Le Roux song, hands down.

[brightchance]

love this group!!!!!! thanks!!!!!!!!!

[GodsCov]

good to hear some memories



[PhilHunolt]

I had this...and lost it several years ago. It's GREAT to be able to find it....love Le Roux

[CCRoxtar]

I love Dave & Sugar's version of this song, but this version is pretty good also. I found this one when searching for lyrics to the song.

[1stSaintsFan]

@ABQ07 I saw them quite a bit at the KINGFISH in BR as the Jeff Pollard Band...They played in Ouachita Parish at the Ouachita River Company...Some of the guys sans Jeff Pollard and Leon use to come over to my place to party after shows...Bobby Campo would bring his bongos and the acoustics came out and we jammed to Jackson Brownes' tunes...

[1stSaintsFan]

Jeff Pollard Band was one of the best bar bands on the Gulf Coast Circuit..KingFish in Baton Rouge, up my way in NELA...Leon, Rod Roddy, Holland, Campo And Jeff who left premature just when the band was making the promotions...Saw the band as LeRoux open for Journey is Jackson Ms...Rod Roddy got my back stage pass and I met Journey...Great night and the band could have gone far...Thanks Leon for keeping the band on the festival circuit...

[woody1173]

I seen them with Charlie Daniels in 1977- They kicked Major ASS !!!!!!! I was only 15 @ the time.

[lolbaggett]

@blackcrystaldove

i miss jeff. he is a good man. hopefully, i will get to see him again.

[lolbaggett]

the fellas harmonize like little feat meets csn meets eagles and well...nah...leroux does it better!

def in my top 5.

[blackcrystaldove]

Not the same without Jeff Pollard, whom I have admired for 40 years. He is a genuinely nice guy and a person has to follow where they are led. He gave up the "rock and roll" lifestyle to share his faith, and no one should fault him for that. i met the band without him in natchitoches a few years ago at the lights festival and they don't hold a grudge, nor should anyone else. i wrote to him a few years ago and he was kind enough to answer my letter and offer some help for someone close to me.

[Chromatype]

Just saw them again tonight in Lafayette at River Ranch...still got the groove...and Leon still plays that same bass after all these years!