[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