louisiana man

at first mom and papa called their little boy ned

they raised him on the banks of a riverbed

a houseboat tied to a big tall tree

a home for my mama and my papa and me

the clock strikes three papa jumps to his feet

already mama's cooking papa somethin' to eat

at half past papa he's a ready to go

he jumps in his beero headed down the bayou

he's got fishin' lines strung across the louisiana river

gotta catch a big fish for us to eat

he's settin' his traps

catchin' anything he can

gotta make a livin'

he's a lousiana man

gotta make a livin'

he's a lousiana man

muskrat hides hangin' by the dozen

even got a little baby muskrat cousin

got 'em out dryin' in the hot

hot sun

tomorrow papa's gonna turn 'em into mon

they call mama rita and my daddy jack

my little baby brother on the floor

that's mac

red and len are the family twins

big brother ed's on the bayou fishin'

on the river floats papa's great big boat

that's how me and papa go into town

it takes every bit of a night and day

to even reach the place where the people stay

i can hardly wait tomorrow comes around

that's the day my poppa takes the furs to town

papa promised me that i could go

he even catch a cowboy show

i saw the cowboys and indians for the first time then

i told my papa: got to go again

papa said: son

we got lines to run

we'll come back again 'cause there's work to be done

he's got fishin' lines strung across the louisiana river

gotta catch a big fish for us to eat

he'settin' his traps

catchin' anything he can

gotta make a livin'

he's a lousiana man

gotta make a livin'

he's a lousiana man

gotta make a livin'

he's a lousiana man

gotta make a livin'

he's a lousiana man