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