Olivia Faye - Bayou de Chien Lyrics

She was the youngest of a Native man
Chased out of her promised land
Weathered by the wars the storms the years

Her mighty tribe had lost their fight
She cried out to the sky one night
Save me from this endless trail of tears

The stars aligned over that Kentucky water
Led her to refuge with a young, kind-hearted farmer

They fell in love on the banks of the Bayou de Chien
Took his heart, took her hand, he gave her his last name
Vowed to love her through her trials and tribulations
He made a wife out of a lone Cherokee maiden
And the seeds that they sowed are still growing there today
On the banks of the Bayou de Chien

Built a home with their bare hands
A love no one could understand
Was deeper than the Mississippi runs

Baptized their seven sons right in that holy water
That sacred place that led her to their father

They fell in love on the banks of the Bayou de Chien
Took his heart, took her hand, he gave her his last name
Vowed to love her through her trials and tribulations
He made a wife out of a lone Cherokee maiden
And the seeds that they sowed are still growing there today
On the banks of the Bayou de Chien

They fell in love on the banks of the Bayou de Chien
Took his heart, took her hand, that's how I got my last name
Vowed to love her through her trials and tribulations
He made a wife out of a lone Cherokee maiden
And the seeds that they sowed my daddy still tends to today
On the banks of the Bayou de Chien
On the banks of the Bayou de Chien
On the banks of the Bayou de Chien