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The Potato Song - Lâche pas la patate

Posted on 3/13/21 at 12:44 pm
Posted by Wolfhound45
Member since Nov 2009
127361 posts
Posted on 3/13/21 at 12:44 pm
To commemorate the untimely passing of our brother TDsngumbo due to terminal stupidity involving a spouse, let’s enjoy some authentic music from South Louisiana

The Potato Song - Lâche pas la patate by Jimmie C. Newman

Hey! Lâche pas la patate, mon neg!
Lâche pas la patate!
Shake and swing and do my thing;
Mais lâche pas la patate!

I go out, it's Saturday night,
And give it all I've got!
I dance with all the pretty girls!
Mais lâche pas la patate!
From Lafayette to Ville Platte, down!
I make all the spots!
I live it up; I don't give up!
Mais lâche pas la patate!

Hey! Lâche pas la patate, mon neg!
Lâche pas la patate!
Shake and swing and do my thing;
Mais lâche pas la patate!

J'vas au bal tous les samedis,
Pour escouer mes vieilles pattes.
J'danse avec toutes les belles filles.
Mais j'lâche pas la patate!
J'fais tous les clubs que je peux faire
Ent'Lafayette et la Ville Platte.
Oublies-moi pas des fois ça chauffe!
Mais lâche pas la patate!

Hey! Lâche pas la patate, mon neg!
Lâche pas la patate!
Une chose qu'est claire, j'fais mon affaire.
Mais j'lâche pas la patate!

Heey-ee!! Lâche pas la patate!

I've got no wife to saddle me
And show me where to trot.
When I decide to go, I go!
Mais lâche pas la patate!
I go alone most all the time,
But sometimes I do not:
I call Marie to come with me.
Mais lâche pas la patate!

Hey! Lâche pas la patate, mon neg!
Lâche pas la patate!
Shake and swing and do my thing;
Mais lâche pas la patate!

Chu pas marié, j'ai pas personne
Pour m'tendre le fond d'culotte.
Quand j'veux partir chu "gone vieux j'tons".
Mais j'lâche pas la patate!
J'vas là tout seul la moitié du temps.
Mais quand l'idée me frappe:
J'appelle Marie la chère p'tite fille et
J'lâche pas la patate!

Hey! Lâche pas la patate, mon neg!
Lâche pas la patate!
Une chose qu'est claire, j'fais mon affaire.
Mais j'lâche pas la patate!

Heey-ee!!

One night, two Cajuns had a fight,
One big, the other not.
I hollered for the little man,
"Hey! Lâche pas la patate!"
The big man shook his fist and said,
"Here's what you've gone and got!"
I turned around, ran back to town.
Mais lâche pas la patate!

Hey! Lâche pas la patate, mon neg!
Lâche pas la patate!
Shake and swing and do my thing;
Mais lâche pas la patate!

Un soir au bal un tout p'tit bouge
Et un gros appris à s'battre.
J'voulais que le petit gagne et j'criais
"Lâche pas la patate!"
Le gros bougre m'a r'gardé et dit
Espère que j'te rattrape
J'mé viré de bord, J'ai couru fort.
J'ai lâché la patate!

Hey! Lâché la patate, mon neg!
J'ai lâché la patate!
Une chose qu'est claire, j'fais mon affaire.
J'ai lâché la patate!

(Fade)

Posted by Spelt it rong
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
10916 posts
Posted on 3/13/21 at 12:51 pm to
My pepaw sang that song all the time
Posted by Wolfhound45
Member since Nov 2009
127361 posts
Posted on 3/13/21 at 12:57 pm to
One of my favorites. Any time I feel down I play it.
Posted by TigerstuckinMS
Member since Nov 2005
33687 posts
Posted on 3/13/21 at 1:28 pm to
It's good, but doesn't hold a candle to "La Porte En Arrière". That song will forever be burned into my brain. If there was a band playing when I was growing up, they would play "The Back Door".
This post was edited on 3/13/21 at 1:32 pm
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
74787 posts
Posted on 3/13/21 at 1:29 pm to
Have yourself a well-deserved upvote for this thread, sir.

Eye-yee!
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 3/13/21 at 1:30 pm to
Posted by Wolfhound45
Member since Nov 2009
127361 posts
Posted on 3/13/21 at 1:31 pm to
quote:

La Porte En Arrière
Another favorite. But our baw is trying to hang on right now. He cannot drop the potato
Posted by TigerstuckinMS
Member since Nov 2005
33687 posts
Posted on 3/13/21 at 1:33 pm to
quote:

Another favorite. But our baw is trying to hang on right now. He cannot drop the potato

Maybe coming in the back door would soothe all his woes?
Posted by Wolfhound45
Member since Nov 2009
127361 posts
Posted on 3/13/21 at 1:34 pm to
quote:

Maybe coming in the back door would soothe all his woes?
Good point
Posted by Wolfhound45
Member since Nov 2009
127361 posts
Posted on 3/13/21 at 1:52 pm to
Totally unrelated, but I found this while looking for some Cajun music. This guy is stupidly insane

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