Bobbie Gentry Louisiana Man Lyrics

Louisiana Man Lyrics

Louisiana Man
Bobbie Gentry
(Doug Kershaw)



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 'Lousiana 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 'Lousiana man,gotta make
a livin' he's a 'Lousiana 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 theres
work to be done"

He's got fishin' line strung
across the 'Lousiana 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'
Lousiana man
Gotta make a livin' he's a' Lousiana
man-an



Poppa done promised me that I could go
He'd even let
me see the cowboy show

I saw the cowboys and indians for the first time
then
I told my Poppa "Gotta go again" but Poppa said "Hon,
we got lines
to run,we'll have to come again cause theres
work to be done

repeat
chorus-



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