[ti:Louisiana Man] [ar:The Pozo-Seco Singers] [al:Time For...The Pozo-Sego Singers: The Complete 1966 Recordings] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Louisiana Man - The Pozo-Seco Singers [00:03.51]Lyrics by:D. Kershaw [00:07.02]Composed by:D. Kershaw [00:10.54]At birth Mom and Papa called their little boy Ned [00:13.07]They raised him on the banks of the river bed [00:15.77]A houseboat tied to a big tall tree [00:18.30]A home for my Papa and my Mama and me [00:20.69]The clock strikes three Papa jumps to his feet [00:23.48]Already mama's cookin' Papa something to eat [00:25.83]At half past Papa he's ready to go [00:28.46]He jumps in his piro headed down the bayou [00:32.65]He's got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana river [00:35.64]Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat [00:37.92]He set the traps in the swamp catchin' anything he can [00:40.62]Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man [00:43.22]Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man [00:47.96]A muskart hides a hangin' by the dozen [00:50.37]Even got a lady make a muskart's cousin [00:52.79]Got 'em out dryin' in the hot hot sun [00:55.24]Tomorrow Papa's gonna turn 'em into mon [01:07.13]They call my Mama Rita and my Daddy's Jack [01:09.78]A little baby brother on the floor that's Mac [01:12.26]Fram and Malene are the family twins [01:14.83]Big brother Ed's on the bayou fishin' [01:17.67]On the river float Papa's great big boat [01:19.87]That's how my Papa goes into town [01:22.47]Takes him every bit of a night and a day [01:24.94]To even reach the place where the people stay [01:29.43]I can hardly wait until tomorrow comes around [01:31.99]That's the day my Papa takes his fure to town [01:34.54]Papa promised me that I could go [01:37.11]Even let me see a cowboy show [01:39.31]I saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time [01:41.48]Then I told my Papa gotta go again [01:44.71]Papa said hon' we got the lines to run [01:47.17]We'll come back again when the work all is done [01:51.32]He's got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana river [01:54.30]Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat [01:56.49]He set the traps in the swamp catchin' anything he can [01:59.33]Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man [02:01.88]Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man