Hold now, the water rising. [bad word] as the storm arrives.
 [bad word] to sink the city
 Bust the levee a hundred wide.
 Hold now,
 Don’t break the levee down
 [bad word] to save the city [bad word] and rage keep pouring down
 Flood born of blood and pity.
 The Angel of Death soon hear me now.
 Hold now
 Don’t break the levee down.
 Who now will take
 The Battle of New Orleans?
 Climb toward the roofs and shelter
 Raise your arms to the sky
 Women, children, mothers, daughters
 Fathers, sons - done left behind.
 Hold now
 Don’t break the levee down.
 War between God and man.
 Man and man with world no end.
 Oh, man he chose to build a city
 Of sinful mind.
 God pulled it in.
 Hold now.
 Don’t break the levee down.
 Who now will take?
 The Battle of New Orleans.