[00:05.46]At first mom and papa called their little boy Ned [00:08.37]They raise him on the banks of the river bed [00:11.34]A houseboat tied to a big tall tree a home for my papa and my mama and me [00:16.86]The clock strikes three papa jumps to his feet [00:19.65]Already mama's cookin' papa somethin' to eat [00:22.47]At half past papa he's ready to go he jumps in his piro headed down the bayou [00:29.79]He's got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana River [00:33.06]Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat [00:35.52]Headin' crops in the swamp catchin' everythin' he can [00:38.73]Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man [00:46.98]Muskart hides a hangin' by the dozen even got a lady make a muskart's cousin [00:52.17]Pile of hide drying in the hot hot sun tomorrow papa's gonna turn them into money [01:08.34]Well they call mama Rita and my daddy Jack [01:11.61]A little baby brother on the floor that's Mac [01:14.52]Riz and Liz are the family twins big brother Ed's on the bayou fishin' [01:20.16]On the river float papa's great big boat that's how my papa goes into town [01:25.74]He takes every bit of the night and day [01:28.77]Then ever reach the place where the people stay [01:33.33]I can hardly wait till tomorrow comes around [01:36.27]That's the day my papa takes his fure to town [01:39.12]Papa promised me that I could go even let me see a cowboy show [01:45.90]I saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time then I told my papa gotta go again [01:52.44]Papa said son we got the lines to run we'll come back again there's work to be done [01:59.97]He's got fishin' lines...