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 »

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1967

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Oh yeh! Cajun man do all he can
Gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man

At birth Mama n Papa called their little boy Ned
Raised him on the banks of the river bed
A houseboat tied to a big tall tree
A home for my mama and my papa 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 bureau headed down the bayou

He's got a fishing line strung across a Louisiana river
Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
He sets his traps in the swamps catches anything he can
Gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man
Gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man

Oh yeh! Cajun man do all he can
Gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man

They call Mama Rita and my daddy Jack
the little baby brother on the floor is Mack
Bryn and Lynn are the family twins
Big brother Ed's on the bayou fishing

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

He's got a fishing line strung across a Louisiana river
Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
He sets his traps in the swamps catches anything he can
Gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man
Gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man

I can hardly wait till tomorrow comes round
That's the day my Papa takes his furs to town
Papa said Son we got lines to run
We come back again cause there's work to be done

He's got a fishing line strung across a Louisiana river
Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
He sets his traps in the swamps catches anything he can
Gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man
Gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man

Oh yeh! Cajun man do all he can
Gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man
Gotta make a living he's a Louisiana man

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The Seekers

The Seekers are an Australian quartet folk music-influenced pop music group which was originally formed in Melbourne in 1962. They were the first Australian popular music group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States. They were popular during the 1960s with their best-known configuration as: Judith Durham on vocals, piano and tambourine; Athol Guy on double bass and vocals; Keith Potger on twelve-string guitar, banjo and vocals; and Bruce Woodley on guitar, mandolin, banjo and vocals. more »

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