The Cahoots recorded this in 1983. Heard it for the first time today on the radio on Rick Jackson's Country Music hall of Fame. And yep! It's one Awesome song!
Today I was at an event that my boss. Changed the name of a drink to Swamp Water I immediately felt this song! I spent my 21st birthday with Cahoots being told the female vocalist was my twin. We went OMG as she sat at my table! Will never ever forget the Cahoots!!!!
Cahoots was a house band in Aurora Colorado in the mid-eighties. They played at a historic country music club called Four Seasons. The band was fronted by Lloyd Barnett, an talented songwriter and performer. His wife Annie backed him on vocals and did lead on several songs. The Cahoots band was comprised of Lloyd Barnett (bass, vocals and wrote most of the songs), Ann Marie Barnette (his wife and singer), Willy Angel (lead guitar), Mac Eisensohn (drums), Vaughn Meyer (keyboards) and a few others. The group broke up after recording the Legend of the Parlanqua. Many people confuse this band with other similarly named groups. This is not the group named IN CAHOOTS based in England. Also, it is not the Cajun band named The Cahoots. (Legend of the Parlangua song was released in the 1983. The cajun band "Cahoots" didn't get together until 1997.) Because the lyrics of the Legend of the Parlangua deal with the theme of the Louisiana Swamps, many people think it was recorded by a cajun band. However, it was actually recorded by a Colorado based band.
Thank you for this post Mr. Diaz. In eastern Aurora CO there was no better place to go dancing and drinking than the 4Seasons, especially when Cahoots was on stage; even better than the Zanzabar which was way west, down Colfax ave (and even better prior to the "Urban Cowboy" movie). Yeah, this song is a real classic as was Cahoots. There were many "name" performers at the 4Seasons too, what memories; slow spinning ball room light above the floor, dim lights, thick smoke, and country music. We were always dancing and drinking there but the place burned down (can't remember the exact year) maybe 36 years ago.
Just so happens the author and singer of this song is the brother of a great friend of mine. I have been hunting with his brother for years out in Colorado and knew he was a musician but never heard any of the music until this past weekend when he stopped by the house. "In Cahoots" was the name of the band. I now have the full "In Cahoots" collection on my computer :) Pretty cool!!!
I love this song.. It plays on solid gold sunday on 100.3 krrv in alexandria louisiana... Heard this as i was coming outta my hunting club after a deer hunt
Cahoots at the Four Seasons was a great time.Burned down in the 80's.Loved dancing to this song with my lady Candy. Lost 'em both-- the Seasons and Candy!!
Lyrics here, get yer lyrics here! [1st verse] Down in the bayous of Louisiana, where the swamp moss grows on the back of your hand. Papa set out from our one room shack, said he went fishin' but he never came back. And momma said "Son, don't you ever go out to Leroux swamp when the sun goes down. A creature's down there called the Parlangua, he got your brother, now he's got your Pa." [Chorus] The Parlangua's the swamp boogie man, half alligator and the other half man. Son don't go when you hear the call: Of the swamp water booger, the Parlangua. [2nd verse] I told my mama, "Gotta make things right, going huntin' down in Leroux swamp tonight. The stories that the old men told to me you gotta stick it with a stick from a sweet gum tree." A whippoorwill cried and I prayed to God, then I headed for the swamp in a cold gray fog. Hours passed, it was drizzlin' rain, when I realized that I had lost my way. [Chorus] The Parlangua's the swamp boogie man, half alligator and the other half man. Son don't go when you hear the call: Of the swamp water booger, the Parlangua. [3rd verse] A chillin' fear inside of me as I whittled off a stick from a sweet gum tree. Spanish moss hanging all around, stoppin' to listen at every sound. I stumbled and fell tangled up in vines, fear and panic shootin' through my mind. Tried to rise and then I heard him scream the Parlangua standin' over me. [4th verse] Down on the bayous of Loisiana, where the swamp moss grows on the back of your hand. My mama lives alone in a one-room shack, her boy went huntin' but he never came back. [Post-chorus] And the Parlangua's the swamp boogie man, he's half alligator and the other half man. Son don't go when you hear the call: of the swamp water booger, the Parlangua. The Parlangua.
My grandpa loves this song and now that he is gone this song is now my favorite this is what I sing when I’m down it helps me bc I fell he is there with me sing it to like the old days RIP Huey Rachal
Every Halloween, my family listens to old Halloween songs on the radio and growing up my siblings and I always waited anxiously by the radio for this song. It’s like being told a scary story around the campfire but it’s also really catchy, it was always our favorite.
i first heard this song in the 80s when i lived in denver -- and liked it immediately. they used to play it on klz (560 am). the dj that hosted the sunday morning country oldies show often mentioned the cahoots band since they were local.
Heard this song back in October of 2014 for the first time in the last hour of Rick Jackson's Country Classics showcasing Creepy Country as it was the Sunday before Halloween. Since then I try to catch that radio program every year just to hear this song. I have never lived in Louisiana, but I have to say I do believe that the Parlangua is real, or could be a real thing.
Thank you for the time and effort you put into doing this, how original, it fit the song so well, my husband and I loved it...thanks again, sad but catchy song.
Awesome! I remember this song from when I was a kid... I heard it on country legends the other night and had to see if I could find it. Like the other poster said, they played it about midnight as I was driving over the atchafalaya basin in a dense fog. Really cool!
Ive been tryin to find out more about this song and man did you nail it. Very good job. All the pics reminds me of home. Thank you so much. Great great great job again!!
I used to dance out at the Four Seasons on East Colfax in Aurora CO, Cahoots played there. Brought back great memories when I found this tonight. I've looked for it before and didn't find it. It would be great to be able to get a copy of the album, or of The Legend of the Parlangua.
This seems to be based on Kolchak: The Night Stalker episode The Spanish Moss Murders. There was a person called 'Paul Langois'. The bayou bogeyman (Peremalfait) had to be killed with a sharpened stick.
The band's name was "Cahoots" They were the house band at the Four Seasons. We went there practically every Friday night. Sad to say the place burned down some time ago. Fun times.
This is cool to have a local hit of the early 80's posted. I remember the Cahoots in the Aurora location called the 4 seasons. however a fire destroyed it and the land supports a KFC and a gas station? Great times, great people and of course a great band. From a Colorado native.
Cahoots - a band out of Colorado in the early 80's - it was an indie label I believe. I know my dad had the record but I never knew what happened to it.
MISS LINDA! Don't let the Parlangua get you up there in those spooky old mountains of Glenwood I hear he escaped from Louisiana! Watch your back! Lol I love you :) Hope you're doing well (:
cool I've been reading about local legends (mostly new orleans) so I've never heard the story of the parlangua before. Which part of louisiana does it come from?
I listened to this song on Rick Jacksons Country hall of fame.I have looked everywere for it its by the band CAHOOTS so if anybody know were i can get this song by Cahoots just tell me please
Parlangue1 were are you? You wrote and sang this song. You have to have an album or two laying around. I seen you play at the Four Seasons, many years ago. I lived there for 32 years. I've got to have your album. Thanks Again.
Cannot believe this was inspired by David Horowitz classic 'Legend of the Parlangua'
It’s gonna be a number one hit
Yeah what a Classic.
A good classic
And I can't believe that it tool YIUR post to lend a SOURCE to some of the BEST STRORY TELLING since CHRIST gave his life. Amen
Tanner kicks the Parlangua's ass, he's so cool
agreed
Tanner's a badass
horowitz really knows how to pick em
Ah yes Zuthar13
i saw the movie adaptation of this by David Horowitz
This is one of my favorite songs of all time
I have been looking for this song for over twenty five years. Thank you so much! I loved this song as a kid.
The Cahoots recorded this in 1983. Heard it for the first time today on the radio on Rick Jackson's Country Music hall of Fame. And yep! It's one Awesome song!
it don't get more Louisiana than this
True thinking of movin back home
Love this song describes one of the bayou creatures we were told about in our childhood as proud Louisiana Cajuns
funny, this band is from Colorado...
Hayden Burdick It doesn’t make it any less real. We all know about this bastard.
Today I was at an event that my boss. Changed the name of a drink to Swamp Water
I immediately felt this song! I spent my 21st birthday with Cahoots being told the female vocalist was my twin. We went OMG as she sat at my table!
Will never ever forget the Cahoots!!!!
Cahoots was a house band in Aurora Colorado in the mid-eighties. They played at a historic country music club called Four Seasons. The band was fronted by Lloyd Barnett, an talented songwriter and performer. His wife Annie backed him on vocals and did lead on several songs. The Cahoots band was comprised of Lloyd Barnett (bass, vocals and wrote most of the songs), Ann Marie Barnette (his wife and singer), Willy Angel (lead guitar), Mac Eisensohn (drums), Vaughn Meyer (keyboards) and a few others. The group broke up after recording the Legend of the Parlanqua.
Many people confuse this band with other similarly named groups. This is not the group named IN CAHOOTS based in England. Also, it is not the Cajun band named The Cahoots. (Legend of the Parlangua song was released in the 1983. The cajun band "Cahoots" didn't get together until 1997.)
Because the lyrics of the Legend of the Parlangua deal with the theme of the Louisiana Swamps, many people think it was recorded by a cajun band. However, it was actually recorded by a Colorado based band.
lloyd barnett is my substitute teacher. he told us about the cahoots
How does a someone contact lloyd if they wanted to cover this song and cut him a check for royalties?
Thank you for this post Mr. Diaz. In eastern Aurora CO there was no better place to go dancing and drinking than the 4Seasons, especially when Cahoots was on stage; even better than the Zanzabar which was way west, down Colfax ave (and even better prior to the "Urban Cowboy" movie). Yeah, this song is a real classic as was Cahoots. There were many "name" performers at the 4Seasons too, what memories; slow spinning ball room light above the floor, dim lights, thick smoke, and country music. We were always dancing and drinking there but the place burned down (can't remember the exact year) maybe 36 years ago.
Seen them at 4 seasons ....it was great bought the LP and got it autographed after the show. Love it
Very surprising info
Never heard this song but from the first time I heard it I played it 10 more times lol love it
Abe Fishman ETERNAL ENEMY OF THE PARLANGUA A TRUE UNSUNG HERO o7
Just so happens the author and singer of this song is the brother of a great friend of mine. I have been hunting with his brother for years out in Colorado and knew he was a musician but never heard any of the music until this past weekend when he stopped by the house. "In Cahoots" was the name of the band. I now have the full "In Cahoots" collection on my computer :) Pretty cool!!!
Just now hearing this for the first time per a recommendation from a coworker. Absolutely phenomenal
I love this song.. It plays on solid gold sunday on 100.3 krrv in alexandria louisiana... Heard this as i was coming outta my hunting club after a deer hunt
Cahoots at the Four Seasons was a great time.Burned down in the 80's.Loved dancing to this song with my lady Candy. Lost 'em both-- the Seasons and Candy!!
Lyrics here, get yer lyrics here!
[1st verse]
Down in the bayous of Louisiana,
where the swamp moss grows on the back of your hand.
Papa set out from our one room shack,
said he went fishin' but he never came back.
And momma said "Son, don't you ever go out
to Leroux swamp when the sun goes down.
A creature's down there called the Parlangua,
he got your brother, now he's got your Pa."
[Chorus]
The Parlangua's the swamp boogie man,
half alligator and the other half man.
Son don't go when you hear the call:
Of the swamp water booger, the Parlangua.
[2nd verse]
I told my mama, "Gotta make things right,
going huntin' down in Leroux swamp tonight.
The stories that the old men told to me
you gotta stick it with a stick from a sweet gum tree."
A whippoorwill cried and I prayed to God,
then I headed for the swamp in a cold gray fog.
Hours passed, it was drizzlin' rain,
when I realized that I had lost my way.
[Chorus]
The Parlangua's the swamp boogie man,
half alligator and the other half man.
Son don't go when you hear the call:
Of the swamp water booger, the Parlangua.
[3rd verse]
A chillin' fear inside of me
as I whittled off a stick from a sweet gum tree.
Spanish moss hanging all around,
stoppin' to listen at every sound.
I stumbled and fell tangled up in vines,
fear and panic shootin' through my mind.
Tried to rise and then I heard him scream
the Parlangua standin' over me.
[4th verse]
Down on the bayous of Loisiana,
where the swamp moss grows on the back of your hand.
My mama lives alone in a one-room shack,
her boy went huntin' but he never came back.
[Post-chorus]
And the Parlangua's the swamp boogie man,
he's half alligator and the other half man.
Son don't go when you hear the call:
of the swamp water booger, the Parlangua.
The Parlangua.
Brings back memories of the Four Seasons back in the 80's before it burned.
My grandpa loves this song and now that he is gone this song is now my favorite this is what I sing when I’m down it helps me bc I fell he is there with me sing it to like the old days RIP Huey Rachal
I hope your Grandfather rests well.
Every Halloween, my family listens to old Halloween songs on the radio and growing up my siblings and I always waited anxiously by the radio for this song. It’s like being told a scary story around the campfire but it’s also really catchy, it was always our favorite.
i first heard this song in the 80s when i lived in denver -- and liked it immediately. they used to play it on klz (560 am). the dj that hosted the sunday morning country oldies show often mentioned the cahoots band since they were local.
I have been looking for this song for 20 years or more Thanks for putting it on here.
To be honest I'm from Louisiana so I've heard this song like a 1000 times
I was raised listening to this album! I'm so glad it survived into the internet age!
Heard this song back in October of 2014 for the first time in the last hour of Rick Jackson's Country Classics showcasing Creepy Country as it was the Sunday before Halloween. Since then I try to catch that radio program every year just to hear this song. I have never lived in Louisiana, but I have to say I do believe that the Parlangua is real, or could be a real thing.
Funny thing, that is when and where I first heard it, too.
This needs to be put on Spotify… Please😢
the Saints could use the Parlangua on defense this year
i know right
They could use it now, too.
He's called cam Jordan
They could
This song used to scare me as a little kid. I always ran into the house when my dad listened to this in the garage.
Have the LP still listen 2 this day. What a voice!
Thank you for the time and effort you put into doing this, how original, it fit the song so well, my husband and I loved it...thanks again, sad but catchy song.
This song makes me homesick. Grew up in the bayous of Louisiana. Moved to west Texas about two years ago. Work for an oil company out here.
i love this song im 21 iv been looking for this since i was 8-9 years old
Awesome! I remember this song from when I was a kid... I heard it on country legends the other night and had to see if I could find it. Like the other poster said, they played it about midnight as I was driving over the atchafalaya basin in a dense fog.
Really cool!
Ive been tryin to find out more about this song and man did you nail it. Very good job. All the pics reminds me of home. Thank you so much. Great great great job again!!
One of the most requested records ever played on KBRQ radio (Denver) in the early 80s...by Cahoots!
Wish it were on spotify
I heard this driving home from New Mexico on Halloween five years ago and I finally found it.
I try to include "Swamp Water Booger" into most of my conversations.
Love this song, wonder why they quit playing on radio!!! one of my favorites !!!!!!!!
If you listen on Saturday nights on LA 103.5 they play it at least once
I hear it on a station from Alexandria,La. When I'm driving through that area.
Super job!! It's great that you are letting people who have never heard the song get to experience it. Everyone should!
I used to dance out at the Four Seasons on East Colfax in Aurora CO, Cahoots played there. Brought back great memories when I found this tonight. I've looked for it before and didn't find it. It would be great to be able to get a copy of the album, or of The Legend of the Parlangua.
Been a while since i heard this song!! Strangely makes me miss Louisiana
Cahoots wrote and performed this song at the Four Seasons (no longer there)in Denver Colorado in the 80's. What a great song it is.
I love this song
Love this song. Still can't believe I found the 45 on ebay.
The song came to mind recently.,I remember Cahoots at the four seasons sound as good now as then!!
Never heard of this song before, it awesome!!!!
This seems to be based on Kolchak: The Night Stalker episode The Spanish Moss Murders. There was a person called 'Paul Langois'. The bayou bogeyman (Peremalfait) had to be killed with a sharpened stick.
2:38 when you stub your lil toe on the corner of the table
i love this song and i agree with left-handed hammer
I love and know most of these songs bc I live in Louisiana
I have been looking for this forever!
I haven't heard that in years. I remember listening to it on KOGT back in the 80's.
The band's name was "Cahoots" They were the house band at the Four Seasons. We went there practically every Friday night. Sad to say the place burned down some time ago. Fun times.
Loved it from the first time I heard it.
Anyone know how can I get it on my ipod?
10 years late but i don't think you can.
My dad used to play this for me as a kid
I don’t know why I can’t stop watching this
im mexican but this hits hard makes my imagination go to the Louisiana swamps
I found the correct spelling to the Chicago French version of this monster, it is Pere' Malfait (Father Evildoer is the literal translation)
I love this song been trying to find it for a while
Nice selection of photos for this song. Good editing job.
I love this song it is true heritage
This is cool to have a local hit of the early 80's posted. I remember the Cahoots in the Aurora location called the 4 seasons. however a fire destroyed it and the land supports a KFC and a gas station? Great times, great people and of course a great band. From a Colorado native.
Dam this really do be a bop
AWESOME SONG!! Is there any way to get a copy??
Cahoots - a band out of Colorado in the early 80's - it was an indie label I believe. I know my dad had the record but I never knew what happened to it.
where can i downlod or buy this song
if anyone is watching this right now you a legend
My childhood love
Louisiana native. Never heard this tale
I love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love this song it is awesome
when i listen to this it makes me proud to be a louisiana born and a Cajun! Woo!
yeah great song
Love it
I love it
God I love Louisiana
I like this 🎵 I am not scared at all
This story has been in my family for a long time and i balive it is true. I love lauisiana since i was born im prod to be a cajun coonass
super song..nice tale...beautiful melody..Love it !!!!!!!!!!! Where can I download it????
7 years late but i told you 8 years ago how...
David Horowitz is a great director
Fucking Awesome!!!
this song is awesome
Who wrote this? Who is singing this? Today is the first time I have ever heard this song. This is an awesome tune.
MISS LINDA! Don't let the Parlangua get you up there in those spooky old mountains of Glenwood I hear he escaped from Louisiana! Watch your back! Lol I love you :) Hope you're doing well (:
Greatness
Such a sad song
One of my sub teachers is old now and was in this band who wrote this
絵柄が懐かしの『 世界の怪獣 』みたいだ。嬉しいね。
cool I've been reading about local legends (mostly new orleans) so I've never heard the story of the parlangua before. Which part of louisiana does it come from?
I wish I could find out who sings that song, I can't get enough of it, I would love to buy it:)
I listened to this song on Rick Jacksons Country hall of fame.I have looked everywere for it its by the band CAHOOTS so if anybody know were i can get this song by Cahoots just tell me please
love it
great song
Can anyone tell me where I can get a copy of this song? I loved it as a teenager and still live it.
Billy told me about this
true
Parlangue1 were are you? You wrote and sang this song. You have to have an album or two laying around. I seen you play at the Four Seasons, many years ago. I lived there for 32 years. I've got to have your album.
Thanks Again.
where can I get a copy of this...cd or download???
8 years late but you can always download the Video and put it into an MP3 file.
Would love to have it also