Louisiana Man - Bobbie Gentry

作曲：Doug Kershaw/Billy Deaton

At first mom and poppa called the little girl a

Lady

They raised her on the banks of a river bed

A house boat tied to a big tall tree

A home for my poppa and my momma and me

The clock strikes three poppa jumps to his fee

Already moma's cookin' poppa somethin' to eat

At half past poppa he's a ready to go he

Jumps in

His pirogue headed down the bayou

He's got fishin' line strung across the Louisiana river

Got to catch a big fish for us to eat

He's settin' his traps catchin' anything he can

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

A livin' he's a Louisiana man

Muskrat hides hangin' by the dozen

Even got a little bitty muskrat cousin

Got 'em out dryin' in the hot hot sun

Tomorrow poppa's gone turn 'em into money

They call moma rita and my daddy jack

My little baby brother on the floor that's mac

Rhett and Lynn are the family twins

Big brother eddie's on the bayou fishin'

On the river floats poppa's great big boat

That's how me and poppa get in to town

It takes every bit of a night and day to

Even reach

A place where the people stay

Oh I can hardly wait until tomorrow comes around

That's the day my poppa takes the furs to town

Poppa done promised me that I could go

He'd even let me see a cowboy show

I saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time

Then

I told my poppa gotta go again but poppa says

Hon we got lines to run

We'll have to come again

'Cause there's work to be done

He's got fishin' line strung across the Louisiana river

Got a catch a big fish for us to eat

He's settin' his traps catchin' anything he can

Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man

Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man