She's been here    workin' all summer long   pumpin' gas for the boats on the Côte Blanche   She's so brown   from bein' in the sun all day   the boys from town   hang around her papa's place   And they all say      Hey, you can see her down at boat dock   Walkin' up the peir in her flip flops   Tying up the lines in her tank top   Dippin' out the bait at the bait shop   Every boy around love to say "That girl's mine"   Summers gonna end I know it    Only gonna miss you so   Wish you didn't have to go Evangeline      Won't be long   She'll be going back to school   Going home all the way to Baton Rouge   Her papa says he'll get along the best he can    And all the boys will be so broken hearted then   'Till the summer again      Hey you can see her down at the boat dock   Walkin' up the peir in her flip flops   Tying up the lines in her tank top   Dippin' out the bait at the bait shop   Every boy around love to say "That girl's mine"   Summers gonna end I know it   Only gonna miss you so    Wish you didn't have to go Evangeline      Hey you can see her down at the boat dock    Wlakin' up the peir in her flip flops   Tying up the bait at the bait shop   Every boy around love to say "That girl's mine"   Summers gonna end I know it    Only gonna miss you so   Wish you didn't have to go Evangeline      Wish you didn't have to go Evangeline