Louisiana Man - Acuff & Rose (on label like Doug Kershaw)

    At birth mom and papa called their little boy Ned
    Raised him on the banks of a river bed
    A houseboat tied to a big tall tree
    A home for my papa and my mama and me

    The clock strikes three and papa jumps to his feet
    Already mama’s cooking papa something to eat
    At half past papa he’s ready to go
    He jumps in his pirogue headed down the bayou

    Bridge: (1st)
    He’s got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana rivers
    Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
    He’s setting traps in the swamp catching anything he can
    He’s gotta make a living, he’s a Louisiana Man
    He’s gotta make a living, he’s a Louisiana Man

    He’s got 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 mon(ey)

    They call mama Rita and my daddy Jack
    Little baby brother on the floor that’s Mack
    Bren(da) and Lin(da) are the family twins
    And big brother Ed’s on the bayou fishing

    On the river floats papa’s great big boat
    That’s how my papa goes into town
    It takes every bit of a night and a day
    To even reach a place where people stay

    Bridge: (2nd)
    I can hardly wait until tomorrow comes around
    That’s the day my papa takes his furs to town
    Papa promised me that I could go
    He’d even let me see a cowboy show

    I saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time then
    I told my pop I’ve gotta go again
    Papa said son we’ve got lines to run
    We’ll come back again but first 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
    He’s setting traps in the swamp catching anything he can
    He’s gotta make a living, he’s a Louisiana Man
    He’s gotta make a living, he’s a Louisiana Man
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    Marco Giunco
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