Louisiana Man Lyrics - Personal File - Johnny Cash

Well, at birth mom and papa called their little boy Ned 

Raised him on the banks of a river bed 

On a houseboat tied to a big tall tree 

A home for my papa and my mama and me 

The clock strikes three and papa jumps to his feet 

Already mama's cooking papa something to eat 

At half past, papa he's ready to go 

He jumps in his pirogue headed down the bayou 

He's got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana Rivers 

Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat 

He's setting traps in the swamp catching anything he can 

He's gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man 

Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man 

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My Muskrat hides hanging by the dozens 

Even got a lady mink, a muskrat's cousin 

Got 'em out drying in the hot, hot sun 

Tomorrow papa's gonna turn 'em into money 

Well, they call mama Rita and my daddy Jack 

Little baby brother on the floor that's Mack 

Bren and Lin are the family twins 

And big brother Ed's on the bayou fishing 

On the river floats papa's great big boat 

And that's how my papa goes into town 

Takes him every bit of a night and a day 

To even reach a place where the people stay 

And I can hardly wait until tomorrow comes around 

That's the day my papa takes his furs to town 

Papa promised me that I could go 

He'd even let me see a cowboy show 

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I saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time then 

I told my pop I've gotta go again 

Well, Papa said, "Son we've got lines to run 

We'll come back again but first there's work to be done" 

He's got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana Rivers 

Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat 

He's setting traps in the swamp catching anything he can 

Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man 

Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man 

Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man 

Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man 

Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man 

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