læɡˈuːnə ʌvðɪ ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəl sˈɔŋ wʌzɐ vˈɪlɪdʒ ʌv nˈeɪɾɪv ɐmˈɛɹɪkən kˈeɪvdwˈɛlɚz sˈʌmwɛɹ "wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd mˈaɪlz ˈɔf ðə mˈeɪn lˈaɪn ɑːn ɹˈuːt tə kˌælɪfˈoːɹniə pɹəsˈiːdɪŋ fɹʌm nˈuː ˈɔːɹliənz."
Laguna of the original song was a village of Native American cave-dwellers somewhere "100 miles off the main line en route to California proceeding from New Orleans."