The Songs He Sang
Crawdad Song: Lyrics
As performed by Cisco Houston
Traditional
Appears on:Now you get a line and I'll get a pole, honey, Well you get a line and I'll get a pole, babe, You get a line and I'll get a pole And we'll go down to the crawdad hole, Honey, baby mine. Get up now, you slept too late, honey, Oh get up now, you slept too late, babe, Get up now you slept too late The crawdad man done passed your gate, Honey, baby mine. Well what you gonna do when the lake goes dry, honey, Tell me what you gonna do when the lake goes dry, babe, What you gonna do when the lake goes dry Sit on the bank watch the crawdads die, Honey, baby mine. Now I heard a duck say to a drake, honey, I heard a duck say to a drake, babe, I heard a duck say to a drake There ain't no crawdads in this lake, Honey, baby, mine. Well, yonder come a man with a sack on his back, honey, Yonder comes a man with a sack on his back, babe, Yonder comes a man with a sack on his back, Got all the crawdads he can pack, Honey, baby mine. Well the man fell down and he broke that sack, honey, The man fell down and he broke that sack, babe, The man fell down and he broke that sack, See them crawdads backing back, Honey, baby mine. Well, I sell crawdads three for a dime, honey, I sell crawdads three for a dime, babe, I sell crawdads three for a dime And your crawdads ain't as good as mine, Honey, baby mine. Now, you get a line and I'll get a pole, honey, You get a line and I'll get a pole, babe, You get a line and I'll get a pole And we'll go down to the crawdad hole, Honey, baby mine
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