Baron Samedi

In Plaquemine Parrish, Saturday night
Baron Samedi is walking upright.
He tips his top hat to John Thibideaux
as he walks down the street waving hello

A pair of dark glasses hide his dead eyes.
Some people think that he is most wise.
He has a fondness for Jamaican rum,
requesting his followers bring him some.

A skilled magician in all the black arts,
he can cure illness if it suits his heart.
He often is seen smoking a cigar.
His nasal voice is heard near and far.

Born as a loa in Haitain Vodou,
master of the dead, and gravedigger, too.
His wife Maman Brigitte, can oft be seen
strolling with the Baron in New Orleans.

They really are quite a colorful pair,
shouting obscenities into the air.
If in Vieux Carre’, you by chance should meet,
beware the Baron of Old Bourbon Street.