Louisana Man

	  		
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At first mom and papa called their little boy,  

Ned. 

They raised him on the banks of a riverbed. 
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A houseboat tied to a big tall tree, a home for  

my mama and my papa and me. 
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The clock strikes three papa jumps to his feet, 
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already mama's cooking papa somethin' to eat. 
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At half past, papa he's a ready to go, 
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he jumps in his pirogue headed down the bayou. 


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He's got fishin' lines strung across the 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 Louisiana man. 
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Gotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man. 


#2. 
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Muskrat hides hangin' by the dozen, even got a  
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little baby muskrat cousin. 
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Got 'em out dryin' in the hot, hot sun, tomorrow  

Papa's gonna turn 'em into mon. 

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#3. 
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They call mama Rita and my daddy Jack, my little  

baby brother on the floor, that's Mac. 
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Red and Len are the family twins, big brother Ed's  

on the bayou fishin'. 

#4. 
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On the river floats papa's great big boat, that's  
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how me and papa go into town. 
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It takes every bit of a night and day to even reach  
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the place where the people stay. 

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I can hardly wait tomorrow comes around, that's the  
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day my Poppa takes the furs to town. 
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Papa promised me that I could go, he even let me see 
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a cowboy show. 
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I saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time, then. 
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I told my Papa, got to go again. 
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Papa said,  son, we got lines to run, we'll come back  
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again cause there's work to be done. 


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He's got fishin' lines strung across the 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 Louisiana man. 
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Gotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man. 


OUTRO: 
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Gotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man. 
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Gotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man. 

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