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At first mom and papa called their little boy |
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Ned They raise him on the banks of the river bed |
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A houseboat tied to a big tall tree a home for my papa and my mama and me |
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The clock strikes three papa jumps to his feet |
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Already mama's cookin' papa somethin' to eat |
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At half past papa he's ready to go he jumps in his piro headed down the bayou |
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He's got fishin' lines strung across the |
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Louisiana |
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River Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat |
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He's settin' his traps catchin' anything he can |
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Gotta make a livin' he's a |
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Louisiana man gotta make a livin' he's a |
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Louisiana man |
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Muskart hides hanging by the dozen even got a little baby muskart's cousin |
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Gotta 'em fryin' in the hot hot sun tomorrow papa's gonna turn them into mon [ dobro ] |
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They call mama |
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Rita and my daddy |
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Jack My little baby brother on the floor that's |
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Mac Red and |
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Lynn are the family twins big brother |
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Ed's on the bayou fishin' |
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On the river float papa's great big boat that's how my papa goes into town |
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He takes every bit of the night and day |
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Then even reach the place where the people stay |
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I can hardly wait till tomorrow comes around |
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That's the day my papa takes his fures to town |
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Papa promised me that |
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I could go even let me see a cowboy show |
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I saw the cowboys and |
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Indians for the first time then |
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I told my papa gotta go again |
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Papa said son we got the lines to run |
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We'll come back again cause there's work to be done [ dobro ] |
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He's got fishin' lines... |
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Gotta make a livin' he's a |
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Louisiana man gotta make a livin' he's a |
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Louisiana man |
