Louisiana Man

(album: The Sensational Charley Pride - 1969)

At first mom and papa called their little boy Ned
They raise him on the banks of the river bed
A houseboat tied to a big tall tree a home for my papa and my mama and me
The clock strikes three papa jumps to his feet
Already mama's cooking papa something to eat
At half past papa he's ready to go he jumps in his piro headed down the bayou
He's got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana River
Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
Heading crops in the swamp catching everything he can
Gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man
Muskart hides a hanging by the dozen even got a lady make a muskart's cousin
Pile of hide drying in the hot hot sun tomorrow papa's gonna turn them into mon

Well they call mama Rita and my daddy Jack
A little baby brother on the floor that's Mac
Riz and Liz are the family twins big brother Ed's on the bayou fishing
On the river float papa's great big boat that's how my papa goes into town
He takes every bit of the night and day
Then ever reach the place where the people stay
I can hardly wait till tomorrow comes around
That's the day my papa takes his fure to town
Papa promised me that I could go even let me see a cowboy show
I saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time then I told my papa gotta go again
Papa said son we got the lines to run we'll come back again there's work to be done
He's got fishing lines...