Editing Pirogue (section)

==Louisiana==
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Pirogues in the [[United States]] are associated particularly with the [[Cajun]]s of the [[Louisiana]] marsh. The early Creole pirogues were cypress dugouts but today they are usually [[flat-bottomed boat]]s. Pirogues are not usually intended for overnight travel but are light and small enough to be easily taken onto land. The design also allows the pirogue to move through the very shallow water of marshes and be easily turned over to drain any water that may get into the boat. A pirogue has "hard chines" which means that instead of a smooth curve from the [[gunwale]]s to the [[keel]], there is often a flat bottom which meets the plane of the side.

In his 1952 classic song "[[Jambalaya (On the Bayou)|Jambalaya]]", [[Hank Williams]] refers to the pirogue in the line "me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou". [[Johnny Horton]], an avid Louisiana fisherman who celebrated [[Cajun]] customs and culture, also mentions pirogues in his 1956 song "I Got a Hole in My Pirogue". [[Hank Williams, Jr.]] (son of the aforementioned Hank Williams) had a hit song in 1969 "Cajun Baby", which refers to the pirogue in the line "ride around in my old pirogue".

[[Doug Kershaw]]'s 1961 hit "Louisiana Man" includes the line "he jumps in his pirogue headed down the bayou". Many online lyrics sites misunderstand this line, saying 'hero' or sometimes 'biro' instead.