Johnny Cash
Album: Personal File - Disc 1 (Legacy Recordings)
Track: Louisiana Man
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Louisiana Man Lyrics (Acuff & Rose)
-Vocal Solo-
At birth, Mom and Papa called their little boy, Ned
Raised him on the banks of a river bed
Houseboat tied to a big tall tree
Home for my Papa and my Mama and me
The clock strikes three, Papa jumps to his feet
Already Mamma's cooking Papa something to eat
At half past, Papa he's ready to go
Jumps in a pirogue, headed down a bayou
He's got fishing lines, strung across the Louisiana river
Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
Setting traps in the swamp, catching anything he can
Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana Man
Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana Man
Musk-rat hides, hanging by the dozens
Even got a lady-mink, a musk-rat cousin
Got 'em out, drying in the hot hot sun
Tomorrow Papa's gonna turn 'em into mon (ey)
-Vocal Solo-
They call Mama, Rita and my Daddy, Jack
My little baby brother on the floor, that's Mack
Bren (da) and Lin (da) are the family twins
Big brother Ed's on the bayou fishin'
On the river floats Papa's great big boat
And that's how my Papa goes into town
Takes every bit of a night and a day
To even reach a place where the people stay
But I can hardly wait till tomorrow comes around
That's the day, my Papa takes the furs to town
Papa promised me, Ned and I could go
Even let me see a big cowboy show
Cowboys and Indians for the first time then
I told my Papa, gotta go again
Papa said, son, we've got lines to run
We'll come back, but now, there's work to be done
He's got fishing lines, strung across the Louisiana river
Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
Setting traps in the swamps, catching anything he can
Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana Man
Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana Man
-Vocal Solo-
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