The Crawdad Song
trad, arr Calhoun recorded on Grapevine.
Wake up little girl, you slept too late, honey
Wake up little girl, you slept too late, babe
Wake up little girl, you slept too late,
The crawdad man done passed your gate,
Honey, babe o' mine.
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,
Let’s go down to the crawdad hole
Honey, babe o' mine
Yonder come a man with a sack on his back
Totin' all the crawdads he can pack
Man fell down and he broke that sack,
Ought to see them crawdads goin' back
Settin’ on the pond till my feet got cold
I was lookin' right down that crawdads hole
Ol' crawdad, you better dig deep
'Cause I'm gonna ramble in my sleep
Settin' on the pond till my feet got hot
Watchin' that crawdad rack and trot
Stuck my hook in a crawdad hole
Couldn’t get it out to save my soul
What did the hen duck say to the drake
Ain't no crawdads in that lake
What you gonna do when the crick runs dry?
I’ll sit on the bank watch the poor things die.
What you gonna do when the meal gives out
We’ll go visiting round and ‘bout
What you gonna do when the meat’s all gone
Sit in the kitchen, gnaw on a bone
Put your hand on your hip and let your mind roll by honey
Cause your body got to swivel when you come to die
Standing on the corner with a dollar in my hand
Standing there waiting for the crawdad man