[02:04.00]Well
[02:04.00]At birth mom and papa called their little boy Ned
[02:04.00]Raised him on the banks of a river bed
[02:04.00]On a houseboat tied to a big tall tree
[02:04.00]A home for my papa and my mama and me
[02:04.00]The clock strikes three and papa jumps to his feet
[02:04.00]Already mama's cooking papa something to eat
[02:04.00]At half past
[02:04.00]Papa he's ready to go
[02:04.00]He jumps in his pirogue headed down the bayou
[02:04.00]He's got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana Rivers
[02:04.00]Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
[02:04.00]He's setting traps in the swamp catching anything he can
[02:04.00]He's gotta make a living
[02:04.00]He's a Louisiana man
[02:04.00]Gotta make a living
[02:04.00]He's a Louisiana man
[02:04.00]My Muskrat hides hanging by the dozens
[02:04.00]Even got a lady mink
[02:04.00]A muskrat's cousin
[02:04.00]Got 'em out drying in the hot
[02:04.00]Hot sun
[02:04.00]Tomorrow papa's gonna turn 'em into money
[02:04.00]Well
[02:04.00]They call mama Rita and my daddy Jack
[02:04.00]Little baby brother on the floor that's Mack
[02:04.00]Bren and Lin are the family twins
[02:04.00]And big brother Ed's on the bayou fishing
[02:04.00]On the river floats papa's great big boat
[02:04.00]And that's how my papa goes into town
[02:04.00]Takes him every bit of a night and a day
[02:04.00]To even reach a place where the people stay
[02:04.00]And I can hardly wait until tomorrow comes around
[02:04.00]That's the day my papa takes his furs to town
[02:04.00]Papa promised me that I could go
[02:04.00]He'd even let me see a cowboy show
[02:04.00]I saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time then
[02:04.00]I told my pop I've gotta go again
[02:04.00]Well
[02:04.00]Papa said
[02:04.00]Son we've got lines to run
[02:04.00]We'll come back again but first there's work to be done
[02:04.00]He's got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana Rivers
[02:04.00]Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
[02:04.00]He's setting traps in the swamp catching anything he can
[02:04.00]Gotta make a living
[02:04.00]He's a Louisiana man
[02:04.00]Gotta make a living
[02:04.00]He's a Louisiana man
[02:04.00]Gotta make a living
[02:04.00]He's a Louisiana man
[02:04.00]Gotta make a living
[02:04.00]He's a Louisiana man
[02:04.00]Gotta make a living
[02:04.00]He's a Louisiana man