Louisiana Man - Sue Thompson, RUSTY, Doug Kershaw

At first Mom and Papa called the little boy Ned

raised him on the banks of the riverbed

A houseboat tied to a big tall tree

a home for my Papa and my Mama and me

The clock strikes three Papa jumps to his feet

Already Mama’s cooking Papa something to eat

At half past Papa he’s a-ready to go

He jumps in his bireau heading down the bayou

He’s got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana River

gotta catch a big fish for us to eat

He sets his traps in a swamp catching anything he can

Gotta make a living he’s a Louisiana Man

Gotta make a living he’s a Louisiana Man

Muskrat hides hangin' by the dozen

Even got a lady makes muskrat’s cousin

All the hides drying in the hot hot sun

Tomorrow Papa’s gonna turn them into mon

Well they call Mama Rita and my Daddy is Jack

little baby brother on the floor is Matt

Green and Lynn are the family twins

Big brother Ed’s on the bayou fishing

On the river floats Papa’s great big boat

that’s how my Papa go