Louisiana Man-Rusty Kershaw/Rose Madox

[ti:Louisiana Man] [ar:Rusty Kershaw/Rose Madox] [al:Miles & Miles of Country] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.16]Louisiana Man - Rusty Kershaw/Rose Madox [00:01.38] [00:09.95]At birth mom and papa called their little boy Ned [00:12.67] [00:13.21]Raised him on the banks of a river bed [00:15.98] [00:16.50]On a houseboat tied to a big tall tree [00:19.78]A home for my papa and my mama and me [00:22.95]The clock strikes three and papa jumps to his feet [00:25.86] [00:26.37]Already mama's cooking papa something to eat [00:28.85] [00:29.66]At half past papa he's ready to go [00:32.30] [00:32.90]He jumps in his pirogue headed down the bayou [00:35.59]He's got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana Rivers [00:39.56]Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat [00:42.50]He's setting traps in the swamp catching anything he can [00:45.52] [00:46.10]He's gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man [00:48.86] [00:49.51]Gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man [00:52.15] [00:53.05]My Muskrat hides hanging by the dozens [00:55.48] [00:56.04]Even got a lady make a muskrat's cousin [00:58.72] [00:59.35]Got 'em out drying in the hot hot sun [01:02.50]Tomorrow papa's gonna turn 'em into money [01:05.25] [01:19.07]Well they call mama Rita and my daddy Jack [01:21.83] [01:22.40]Little baby brother on the floor that's Mack [01:25.70]Bren and Lin are the family twins [01:28.39] [01:28.97]And big brother Ed's on the bayou fishing [01:31.73] [01:32.63]On the river floats papa's great big boat [01:35.71]And that's how my papa goes into town [01:38.48] [01:39.02]Takes him every bit of a night and a day [01:42.40]To even reach a place where the people stay [01:44.85] [01:45.61]And I can hardly wait until tomorrow comes around [01:48.17] [01:48.99]That's the day my papa takes his furs to town [01:51.58] [01:52.26]Papa promised me that I could go [01:54.65] [01:55.43]He'd even let me see a cowboy show [01:58.57]I saw the cowboys and [01:59.89]Indians for the first time then [02:01.93]I told my papa I've gotta go again [02:04.72] [02:05.41]Well papa said "Son we've got lines to run [02:08.64]We'll come back again [02:10.06]But first there's work to be done" [02:11.57]He's got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana Rivers [02:14.72] [02:15.32]Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat [02:18.31]He's setting traps in the swamp catching anything he can [02:21.29] [02:21.92]Gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man [02:24.63] [02:25.26]Gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man [02:27.59] [02:28.64]Gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man