Escrita por Robbie Robertson, fo gravada entre 1978 e 1980 e foi lançada em 4 de fevereiro de 1981, no disco de mesmo nome, o oitavo disco de Emmylou Harris. Foi produzida por Brian Ahern. Na gravação, Dolly Parton e Linda Ronstadt fizeram harmonias vocais. Brian Ahern tocou violão, guitarra, baixo de seis cordas e pandeiro. Hal Blaine tocou bateria. James Burton tocou guitarra. Emmylou Harris cantou, tocou violãoe fez backing vocals. Albert Lee tocou guitarra.
A letra:
She stands on
the banks of the mighty Mississippi
Alone in the pale
moonlight
Waitin' for a man, a riverboat gambler
Said that he'd
return tonight
They used to waltz on the banks of the mighty
Mississippi
Lovin' the whole night through
He was a riverboat
gambler off to make a killin'
And bring it on back to
you
Evangeline Evangeline
Curses the soul of the
Mississippi Queen
That pulled her man away
Bayou Sam from
South Louisian'
Had gamblin' in his veins
Evangeline from the
maritime
Was slowly goin' insane
High on the top of a
Hickory Hill
She stands in the lightning and thunder
Down on
the river the boat was a sinkin'
She watched that Queen go
under
Evangeline Evangeline
Curses the soul of the
Mississippi Queen
That pulled her man away
Evangeline
Evangeline
Curses the soul of the Mississippi Queen
That pulled
her man away
A versão de Emmylou Harris:
A versão de Levon Helm com Sheryl Crow:
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