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At first mom and papa called their little boy,
Ned.
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A houseboat tied to a big tall tree, a home for
my mama and my papa and me.
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The clock strikes three papa jumps to his feet,
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already mama's cooking papa somethin' to eat.
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At half past, papa he's a ready to go,
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he jumps in his pirogue headed down the bayou.
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He's got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana
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River..gotta catch a big fish for us to eat.
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He's settin' his traps, catchin' anything he can.
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Gotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man.
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Gotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man.
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Muskrat hides hangin' by the dozen, even got a
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little baby muskrat cousin.
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Got 'em out dryin' in the hot, hot sun, tomorrow
Papa's gonna turn 'em into mon.
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#3.
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They call mama Rita and my daddy Jack, my little
baby brother on the floor, that's Mac.
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Red and Len are the family twins, big brother Ed's
on the bayou fishin'.
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On the river floats papa's great big boat, that's
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how me and papa go into town.
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It takes every bit of a night and day to even reach
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the place where the people stay.
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I can hardly wait tomorrow comes around, that's the
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day my Poppa takes the furs to town.
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Papa promised me that I could go, he even let me see
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a cowboy show.
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I saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time, then.
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I told my Papa, got to go again.
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Papa said, son, we got lines to run, we'll come back
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again cause there's work to be done.
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He's got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana
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River..gotta catch a big fish for us to eat.
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He's settin' his traps, catchin' anything he can.
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Gotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man.
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Gotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man.
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Gotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man.
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Gotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man.
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