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Verse 1
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At
birth,
Mama, Papa called a little boy Ned
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Raised him on the banks of the riverbed
A houseboat tied to a big tall tree
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A home for my Papa and my Mama and me
Well the clock strikes three,
Papa jumps to his feet
Already Mama's cooking
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Papa something to eat
At a half past, Papa, he's ready to go
He jumps in his speedo,
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headed down the bayou
strung across the Louisiana River
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Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
Setting traps in the swamps,
catching everything he can
Trying to make a living,
he's a Louisiana man
Trying to make a living,
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he's a Louisiana man
the desert
Even got a lady make a
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muskrat cousin
Got him out drying in the hot, sun
Tomorrow, Papa's gonna turn
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up in the barn
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Well, they call Mama Rita
and my daddy's Jack
The little baby brother on the floor,
that's Mack
And Red and Lynn are the family twins
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Big Brother Ed on the bio -fishing
On the riverboat,
Papa's great big boat
That's how my Papa goes into town
Takes every bit of a night and a day
To even reach the place where
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the people stay
around
That's the day my papa takes
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the first to town
Papa promised me that I could go
Even let me see a cowboy show
for the first time then I told papa,
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papa, gotta come again
Papa said, son, we got lines to run
Come back again when
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the work is all done
strung across the Louisiana River
Catchin' everything he can
Tryin' to make a livin'
He's a Louisiana man
Tryin' to make a livin'
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He's a Louisiana man
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