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