Louisiana Man
Ricky Nelson

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 cookin' papa somethin' to eat
At half past papa, he's ready to go
He jumps in his piro, headed down the bayou

He's got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana River
Gotta 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

Muskart hides hanging by the dozen
Even got a little baby muskart's cousin
Gotta 'em fryin' in the hot, hot sun
Tomorrow papa's gonna turn them into mon

They call mama Rita and my daddy Jack
My little baby brother on the floor that's Mac
Red and Lynn are the family twins
Big brother Ed's on the bayou fishin'

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 even reach the place where the people stay

I can hardly wait till tomorrow comes around
That's the day my papa takes his fures 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 'cause there's work to be done

He's got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana River
Gotta 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


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  (i Heard That) Lonesome Whistle Blow   A Happy Guy   A Legend In My Time   A Teenage Idol   A Teenager's Romance   A Wonder Like You   A Wonder Like You (1961)   Again   Almost Saturday Night   Alone   Anytime   Baby You Don't Know   Be Bop Baby (1957)   Be-Bop Baby   Believe What You Say   Believe What You Say (1958)   Big Chief Buffalo Nickel (desert Blues)   Blood From A Stone   Bright Lights And Country Music   California   Cindy   Don't Leave Me This Way   Down Along The Bayou Country   Down Home   Dream Lover   Everlovin'   Everlovin' (1961)   Everybody But Me   Everytime I See You Smiling   Everytime I Think About You   Excuse Me Baby   Fadeaway   Fools Rush In   For You   For Your Sweet Love   Funny How Time Slips Away   Garden Party   Garden Party (1972)   Gypsy Pilot   Gypsy Woman   Half Breed   Have I Told You Lately That I Love You   Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?   Hello Mary Loou   Hello Mary Lou   Hello Mary Lou (1961)   Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye Heart   Hello Mister Happiness   Hello Walls   Here I Am   Hey Pretty Baby (remastered)   Hey There Little Miss Tease   History Of Love   Honeycomb   Honky Tonk Women   How Long   I Can't Help It   I Can't Stop Loving You   I Got a Feeling   I Got A Feeling (1958)   I Got a Woman   I Rise I Fall   I Shall Be Released   I Wanna Be Loved   I Wanna Be Loved (1959)   I Will Follow You   I'll Walk Alone   I'm A Fool To Care   I'm Not Afraid   I'm Walkin'   I'm Walkin' (1957)   I'm Walking   If You Can't Rock Me   It's All In The Game   It's Late   It's Late (1959)   It's Up To You   It's Up To You (1962)   It’s All In The Game   Jingle Bells   Just a Little Too Much   Just A Little Too Much (1959)   Just Take A Moment   Kentucky Means Paradise   Legacy   Let's Talk the Whole Thing Over   Life   Lifestream   Lonesome Town   Look At Mary   Love Minus Zero-no Limit   Love Story   Mad Mad World   Mighty Good   Milk Cow Blues Boogie   Mr. Dolphin   My Bucket's Got A Hole In It   My Bucket's Got A Hole In It (1958)   My Rifle Pony and Me   My Woman   Never Be Anyone Else But You   Never Be Anyone Else But You (1959)   Night Train To Memphis   No Vacancy   Old Enough To Love   One Boy Too Late   One Minute To One   One Of These Mornings   Pick Up the Pieces   Poor Little Fool   Poor Little Fool (1958)   Rave On   Restless Kid   Right By My Side   Rock And Roll Lady   Salty Dog   She Belongs to Me   Shirley Lee   So Long   Stood Up   Stood Up (1957)   String Along   Sugar Shack   Suzanne On A Sunday Morning   Sweet Mary   Sweeter Than You   Sweeter Than You - (Legendary Masters)   Sweeter Than You (1959)   Take A Broken Heart   Take A City Bride   Take These Chains From My Heart   Teenage Idol   Teenage Idol (1962)   Teenager In Love   Tell Laura I Love Her   That Same Old Feeling   That's All   That's Alright Mama   The Bridge Washed Out   The Nearness Of You   The Reason Why   There's Nothing I Can Say   Things You Gave Me   This Train   Time After Time   Travelin' Man   Travelin' Man (1961)   Traveling Man   Truck Drivin' Man   True Love Ways   Tryin' To Get To You   Unchained Melody   Waitin' In School   Waitin' In School (1958)   We Go Together   We've Got A Long Way To Go   Welcome To My World   What Comes Next?   Wild Nights In Tulsa   Windfall   Yes Sir, That's My Baby   You Are My Sunshine   You Are The Only One   You Are The Only One (1960)   You Don't Love Me Anymore (And I Can Tell)   You Just Can't Quit   You Win Again   You're Free To Go   You're My One And Only Love   You're So Fine   Young Emotions   Young Emotions (1960)   Young World   Young World (1962)   Your True Love

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