Louisiana Man-Doug Kershaw/Elton Walker/Clifford Breaux

[ti:Louisiana Man (Re-Recorded / Remastered)] [ar:Doug Kershaw/Elton Walker/Clifford Breaux] [al:Cajun Golden Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Louisiana Man (Re-Recorded / Remastered) - Doug Kershaw/Elton Walker/Clifford Breaux [00:10.02]Well at birth Mom and Papa called their little boy Ned [00:14.08]Raised him on the banks of a river bed [00:18.21]On a houseboat tied to a big tall tree [00:22.00]A home for my Papa and my Mama and me [00:25.85]The clock strikes three and Papa jumps to his feet [00:29.55]Already Mama's cooking Papa something to eat [00:33.80]At half past Papa he's ready to go [00:37.51]He jumps in his pirogue headed down the bayou [00:41.04]He's got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana rivers [00:45.58]Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat [00:49.00]He's setting traps in the swamp catching anything he can [00:53.01]He's gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man [00:57.26]Gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man [01:00.66]My muskrat hides hanging by the dozens [01:05.06]Even got a lady mink a Muskrat's cousin [01:08.99]Got 'em out drying in the hot hot sun [01:12.85]Tomorrow Papa's gonna turn 'em into money [01:16.74] [01:32.06]Well they call my Mama Rita and my Daddy Jack [01:36.23]Little baby brother on the floor that's Mack [01:39.57] [01:40.19]Bren and Lin are the family twins [01:43.87]And big brother Ed's on the bayou fishing [01:48.03]On the river floats Papa's great big boat [01:51.87]That's how my Papa goes into town [01:55.75]Takes him every bit of a night and a day [01:59.61]To even reach a place where the people stay [02:03.51]I can hardly wait until tomorrow comes around [02:07.50]That's the day my Papa takes his furs to town [02:10.90] [02:11.42]Papa promised me that I could go [02:14.66] [02:15.21]He'd even let me see a cowboy show [02:18.65]I saw the cowboys and [02:20.25]Indians for the first time then [02:22.91]I told my pop I've gotta go again [02:26.93]Well Papa said son we've got lines to run [02:30.82]We'll come back again [02:32.32]But first there's work to be done [02:34.43]He's got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana rivers [02:38.82]Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat [02:42.12]He's setting traps in the swamp catching anything he can [02:46.19]He's gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man [02:49.80] [02:50.39]Gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man [02:53.87] [02:54.38]Gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man [02:58.27]Gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man