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"Adalida" is the title of a song recorded by country music artist George Strait. It was released in March 1995 as the third single from his 1994 album Lead On. It peaked at #3 in the United States, and #2 in Canada. It was written by Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis, and Michael Huffman.
The song is an uptempo, in which the narrator refers to a "Cajun queen" named Adalida.
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "zydeco-spiced single." She goes on to say that in the hands of a lesser singer, "a song like this would have been difficult to stretch."Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly was less favorable, saying that it "fails to challenge him in even the slightest way".
"Adalida" debuted at number 72 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of March 25, 1995.
[Chorus:]
Adalida, pretty little cajun queen.
Sweet dixie flower, the belle of the bayou-
You're every young man's dream.
Adalida, I'd walk through a hurricane
To stand beside you sweet Adalida I'd swim the Pontchartrain.
Oh no, here you comin' down the road.
With your cotton dress a swishin', you gettin' some attention
From all the boys in Thibodaux.
Oh my, you really fillin' up their eyes.
Smilin' and a winkin', I know what they're thinkin',
But I'm the only one who loves you so!
[Chorus]
Oh no, the hottest little dish I know.
I know you can tell it
You makin' me so jealous from my head down to my toes.
Oh me, you could make a redneck green.
The way that you're a lookin' you got me cookin',
And I ain't talkin' 'bout Etoufee'.