LOUISIANA MAN
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Mmm- bop-bop-bomm-bah, bah-bop-bahmm-bah-bah.
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At birth mom and papa called their little boy Ned
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They raised him on the banks of the river bed

Houseboat tied to a big tall tree 
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A home for my mama and my papa and me


The clock strikes three, papa jumps to his feet
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Already mama's cookin' papa somethin' to eat

At half past, papa he's ready to go
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He hops in his pirogue, headed down the bayou

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He's got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana River
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Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat

Settin' traps in the swamp catchin' anythin' he can

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
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Even got a lady make a muskrat cousin

Got 'em out dryin' in the hot, hot sun
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Tomorrow papa's gonna turn 'em into mon

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Mmm- bop-bop-bomm-bah, bah-bop-bahmm-bah-bah.
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Mmm- bop-bop-bom-bah, bah-bop-bah- buh- bop-bahmmm

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They call mama Rita and my daddy Jack
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A little baby brother on the floor that's Mac

Brynn and Lynn are the family twins
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Big brother Ed's on the bayou fishin'


On the river floats papa's great big boat
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And that's how my papa goes into town

Takes ev'ry bit of the night and the day
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To even reach a place where the people stay

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But I can hardly wait 'til tomorrow comes around
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That's the day my pappy takes his furs to town

Papa promised me Ned and I could go
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Even let me see a cowboy show

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Cowboys and Indians for the first time then
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I told my papa, gotta go again

Papa said, son we got the lines to run
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We'll come back but now there's work to be done

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He's got fishin' line strung across the Louisiana River
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Gota catch a big fish for us to eat

Settin' traps in the swamps catchin' anythin' he can

Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man
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Gota make a livin' he's a Louisiana man

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Mmm- bop-bop-bomm-bah, bah-bop-bahmm-bah-bah.
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Mmm- bop-bop-bom-bah, bah-bop-bah- buh- bop-bahmmm