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Louisiana Man
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At first mom and pap called their little boy Ned
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They raised him on the banks of the river bed
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A houseboat tied to a big tall tree
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A home for my papa and my mama and me.
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The clock strikes three papa jumps to his feet
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Already mama's cookin' 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 piro 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
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He set crops in the swamp catchin' everythin' 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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Muskart hides a hangin' by the dozen
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Even got a lady make a muskart's cousin
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Pile of hide drying in the hot hot sun
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Tomorrow papa's gonna turn them into mon.
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--- Instrumental ---
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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
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Frank and Lynn are the family twins
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Big brother Ed's on the bayou fishin'.
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On the river float papa's great big boat
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That's how my papa goes into town
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He takes every bit of the night and day
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Then even reach the place where the people stay.
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I can hardly wait till tomorrow comes around
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That's the day my papa takes his fure to town
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Papa promised me that I could go
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Even let me see 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 gotta go again
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Papa said son we got the lines to run
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We'll come back again there's work to be done.
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--- Instrumental ---
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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
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He set crops in the swamp catchin' everythin' 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...
WILLIE JONES-YOUR MAN- (JOSH TURNER)
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