Now this is a story about the young man from Natchez Mississippi

Whose father took a steamboat called the Delta Queen to New Orleans

And got killed in a poker game

The young man thought about it for awhile and then decided on revenge

And he said I'm gonna ride that steamboat



That steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans

He got killed in a poker game downtown

Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans

Some poky Cajun gambler shot him down



Daddy rode that steamboat, didn't take me along

And I've been sittin' there thinking all day long

And I'm a gonna ride that steamboat, take my gun along

I'll get the man that done my daddy wrong



Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans

Daddy was pretty good with a deck of cards

He said that he'd get rich in New Orleans

'Cause the game's too good and the cash is pourin' high



But you can win no money when the deck of cards you stack

And the steamboat never brought my daddy back

And I'm a gonna ride that steamboat, take my gun along

I'll get the man that done my daddy wrong



Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans

I know he wanted that money for us kids

Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans

Now mama won't forgive the things he did



Daddy rode that steamboat, never took mom along

And she's been sittin' there crying all day long

And I'm a gonna ride that steamboat, take my gun along

I'll get the man that done my daddy wrong



I'll get that man who's done my daddy wrong