[00:06.89]At first mom and papa called little boy Ned
[00:17.26]They raised him on the banks of the river bed
[00:20.25]A houseboat tied to a big tall tree
[00:23.30]A home for my mama and my papa and me
[00:26.15]The clock strikes three papa jumps to his feet
[00:29.19]Already mama's cookin' papa somethin' to eat
[00:32.20]At half past papa he's ready to go
[00:35.12]He hops in his piro headed down the bayou
[00:37.82]They got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana River
[00:41.33]Gonna catch a big fish for us to eat
[00:43.80]They're settin' traps in the swamp catchin' everythin' he can
[00:47.36]Gonna make a livin' he's a Louisiana man
[00:50.37]Gonna make a livin' he's a Louisiana man
[00:53.89]Muskart hides a hangin' by the dozen
[00:56.48]Even got a lady make a muskart's cousin
[00:59.79]Pile of hide dryin' in the hot hot sun
[01:02.31]Tomorrow papa's gonna turn them into mon
[01:31.84]They call my mama Rita and my daddy Jack
[01:35.09]A little baby brother on the floor that's Mac
[01:38.24]Rynn and Lynn are the family twins
[01:41.19]Big brother Ed's on the bayou fishin'
[01:44.30]On the river floats papa's great big boat
[01:47.33]That's how my papa goes into town
[01:50.42]Makes every bit of the night and the day
[01:53.46]Then ever reach the place where the people stay
[01:56.53]I can hardly wait untill tomorrow comes around
[01:59.57]That's the day my papa takes his fures to town
[02:02.64]Papa promised me that I could go
[02:05.62]Even gonna see a cowboy show
[02:08.28]I see the cowboys and Indians for the first time then
[02:12.21]Told my pappy gotta go again
[02:14.91]Papa said son we got the lines to run
[02:17.78]We'll come back again that there's work to be done
[02:20.26]And they got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana River
[02:24.03]Gonna catch a big fish for us to eat
[02:26.56]They're settin' traps in the swamp catchin' everythin' he can
[02:30.24]Gonna make a livin' he's a Louisiana man
[02:33.32]Gonna make a livin' he's a Louisiana man
[02:36.40]Gonna make a livin' he's a Louisiana man
[02:39.47]Gonna make a livin' he's a Louisiana man