In The Night-Dr. John

[ti:Louisiana Man] [ar:Doug Kershaw] [al:Still Cajun After All These Ye] [offset:0] [00:03.67]Well, at birth mom and papa called their little boy Ned [00:06.71]Raised him on the banks of a river bed [00:09.90]On a houseboat tied to a big tall tree [00:13.46]A home for my papa and my mama and me [00:16.82]The clock strikes three and papa jumps to his feet [00:20.07]Already mama's cooking papa something to eat [00:24.62]At half past, papa he's ready to go [00:26.62]He jumps in his pirogue headed down the bayou [00:30.30]He's got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana Rivers [00:33.18]Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat [00:36.36]He's setting traps in the swamp catching anything he can [00:39.61]He's gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man [00:43.04]Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man [00:46.29]My Muskrat hides hanging by the dozens [00:49.52]Even got a lady mink, a muskrat's cousin [00:52.90]Got 'em out drying in the hot, hot sun [00:56.27]Tomorrow papa's gonna turn 'em into money [01:00.20] [01:14.05]Well, they call mama Rita and my daddy Jack [01:16.95]Little baby brother on the floor that's Mack [01:20.90]Bren and Lin are the family twins [01:24.51]And big brother Ed's on the bayou fishing [01:27.63]On the river floats papa's great big boat [01:31.15]And that's how my papa goes into town [01:34.69]Takes him every bit of a night and a day [01:38.12]To even reach a place where the people stay [01:41.70]And I can hardly wait until tomorrow comes around [01:44.83]That's the day my papa takes his furs to town [01:48.26]Papa promised me that I could go [01:51.56]He'd even let me see a cowboy show [01:54.68] [01:55.48]I saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time then [01:57.80]I told my pop I've gotta go again [02:02.04]Well, Papa said, "Son we've got lines to run [02:05.22]We'll come back again but first there's work to be done" [02:08.39]He's got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana Rivers [02:12.39] [02:13.02]Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat [02:15.13]He's setting traps in the swamp catching anything he can [02:18.69]Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man [02:22.07]Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man [02:25.42]Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man [02:28.80]Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man [02:32.80] [02:39.16]... [02:39.47]