[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...