[00:12.86]At birth mom and papa called their little boy Ned
[00:16.50]Raised him on the banks of a river bed
[00:20.29]Houseboat tied to a big tall tree
[00:24.08]Home for my papa and my mama and me
[00:27.73]The clock strikes three papa jumps to his feet
[00:31.58]Already mama's cooking papa something to eat
[00:35.27]At half past  papa he's ready to go
[00:39.12]Jumps in his pirogue headed down the bayou
[00:42.67]He's got fishing lines strung across Louisiana Rivers
[00:46.65]Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
[00:50.30]Setting traps in the swamp catching anything he can
[00:54.15]Gotta make a living  he's a Louisiana man
[00:58.19]Gotta make a living  he's a Louisiana man
[01:03.34]Muskrat hides hanging by the dozens
[01:06.81]Even got a lady mink  a muskrat's cousin
[01:10.72]Got 'em out drying in the hot  hot sun
[01:14.32]Tomorrow papa's gonna turn 'em into money
[01:31.20]They call mama Rita and my daddy Jack
[01:35.00]My little baby brother on the floor that's Mack
[01:38.88]Bren and Lin are the family twins
[01:42.63]Big brother Ed's on the bayou fishing
[01:46.67]On the river floats papa's great big boat
[01:50.07]And that's how my papa goes into town
[01:54.01]Takes him every bit of a night and a day
[01:57.55]To even reach a place where the people stay
[02:01.20]But I can hardly wait until tomorrow comes around
[02:05.05]That's the day my papa takes furs to town
[02:08.80]Papa promised me that I could go
[02:12.54]He'd even let me see a big cowboy show
[02:19.22]Cowboys and Indians for the first time then
[02:22.56]I told my papa I've gotta go again
[02:26.42]Papa said  "Son we've got lines to run
[02:30.11]We'll come back but now there's work to be done"
[02:36.29]He's got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana Rivers
[02:40.25]Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
[02:43.40]Setting traps in the swamp catching anything he can
[02:47.54]Gotta make a living  he's a Louisiana man
[02:51.84]Gotta make a living  he's a Louisiana man