Louisiana Woman - Doug Kershaw

[02:57.0]Well, at birth mom and papa called their little boy Ned
[02:57.0]Raised him on the banks of a river bed
[02:57.0]On a houseboat tied to a big tall tree
[02:57.0]A home for my papa and my mama and me
[02:57.0]The clock strikes three and papa jumps to his feet
[02:57.0]Already mama's cooking papa something to eat
[02:57.0]At half past, papa he's ready to go
[02:57.0]He jumps in his pirogue headed down the bayou
[02:57.0]He's got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana Rivers
[02:57.0]Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
[02:57.0]He's setting traps in the swamp catching anything he can
[02:57.0]He's gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man
[02:57.0]Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man
[02:57.0]My Muskrat hides hanging by the dozens
[02:57.0]Even got a lady mink, a muskrat's cousin
[02:57.0]Got 'em out drying in the hot, hot sun
[02:57.0]Tomorrow papa's gonna turn 'em into money
[02:57.0]Well, they call mama Rita and my daddy Jack
[02:57.0]Little baby brother on the floor that's Mack
[02:57.0]Bren and Lin are the family twins
[02:57.0]And big brother Ed's on the bayou fishing
[02:57.0]And that's how my papa goes into town
[02:57.0]Takes him every bit of a night and a day
[02:57.0]To even reach a place where the people stay
[02:57.0]And I can hardly wait until tomorrow comes around
[02:57.0]That's the day my papa takes his furs to town
[02:57.0]Papa promised me that I could go
[02:57.0]He'd even let me see a cowboy show
[02:57.0]I saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time then
[02:57.0]I told my pop I've gotta go again
[02:57.0]Well, Papa said, "Son we've got lines to run
[02:57.0]We'll come back again but first there's work to be done"
[02:57.0]He's got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana Rivers
[02:57.0]Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
[02:57.0]He's setting traps in the swamp catching anything he can
[02:57.0]Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man
[02:57.0]Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man
[02:57.0]Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man
[02:57.0]Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man
[02:57.0]Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man
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