Louisiana Man

About Louisiana Man

"Louisiana Man" is a song originally written and recorded by American country artist Doug Kershaw in 1961. It peaked at #10 that year on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart when Kershaw and his brother released it as Rusty and Doug. In 1970 American country music artist Connie Smith reached #14 with a cover version. The single spawned the release of Smith's 1970 studio album I Never Once Stopped Loving You, on which the song was included. This song was recorded as a single by Jan & Dean in 1966 and was planned to be released on their album Carnival of Sound in 1968. Carnival of Sound was not released until 2010. Other versions were recorded as an album track that year by the Seekers, Rick Nelson, and Gene Pitney. Bobbie Gentry covered the song on a 1968 single. Harpers Bizarre recorded it on their 1967 album Anything Goes. It was also recorded by The Hollies. "Louisiana Man" is repeatedly mentioned in the chorus of the Alabama song "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)." more »

Year:

1988

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At first Mom and Papa called the little boy Ned 
Raised him on the banks of the riverbed 
A houseboat tied to a big tall tree 
A home for my Papa and my Mama and me 

The clock strikes three Papa jumps to his feet 
Already Mama's cooking Papa something to eat 
At half past Papa he's a-ready to go 
He jumps in his bireau heading down the bayou 

He's got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana River 
Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat 
He sets his traps catching anything he can 
Gotta make a living he's a Louisiana Man 
Gotta make a living he's a Louisiana Man 

Muskrat hides hangin' by the dozen 
Even got a lady makes a muskrat cousin 
All the hides drying in the hot hot sun 
Tomorrow Papa's gonna turn them into mon 

Call Mama Rita and my daddy is Jack 
Little baby brother on the floor is Matt 
Green and Lynn are the family twins 
Big brother Ed's on the bayou fishing 

On the river floats Papa's great big boat 
That's how my Papa goes into town 
Takes every bit of the night and day 
To even reach the place where the people stay 

I can hardly wait 'till 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 

I'd seen the cowboys and Indians for the first time then 
Told my Papa gotta go again 
Papa said "Son we got a life to run 
We'd come back again ''cause there's work to be done" 

[Chorus]

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The Hollies

The Hollies are an English pop group formed in Manchester in the early 1960s, although the majority of the band members came from towns in East Lancashire. Known for their distinctive vocal harmony style, they became one of the leading British groups of the 1960s and early 1970s. They enjoyed considerable popularity in many countries, although they did not achieve major US chart success until 1966. They had 30 charting singles on the UK Singles Chart, and 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, with songs including, "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother", "Carrie Anne", "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" and "The Air That I Breathe". more »

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