Crawdad
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1. You get a line and I’ll get a pole, Honey
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You get a line and I’ll get a pole, Babe
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You get a line and I’ll get a pole
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And we’ll go down to the crawdad hole
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Honey, Sugar baby, mine
2. Get up old man, you slept too lane, Honey (2)
Get up old man you slept too late
The last piece of crawdad’s on your plate, etc.
3. Get up old woman, you slept too late, Honey. (2)
Get up old woman, you slept too late
Crawdad man done passed your gate, etc.
4. Along came a man with a sack on his back, Honey. (2)
Along came a man with a sack on his back
Packin’ all the crawdads he can pack, etc.
5. What you gonna do when the lake goes dry, Honey? (2)
What you gonna do when the lake goes dry?
Sit on the bank and watch the crawdads die, etc.
6. What you gonna do when the crawdads die, Honey? (2)
What you gonna do when the crawdads die
Sit on the bank until I cry, etc.
7. I heard the duck say to the drake, Honey (2)
I heard the duck say to the drake
There ain’t no crawdads in this lake, etc.