The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #10390 Message #2290084
Posted By: Azizi
16-Mar-08 - 06:22 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Crawdad Song
Subject: RE: lyric request - Crawdad Song
Here's a link to an audio YouTube clip of Doc Watson & Clarence Ashley-Crawdad Song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcmdC8rk-8s
The verses are slightly different and the ending is "Honey, baby mine" {and not "honey, sugar baby mine}.
1st verse-same as in the DT
2nd verse: Sat on the bank till my feet get cold
My socks [?] see those crawdads jump in that hole
3rd verse Yonder came a man with a sack on his back
He's got more crawdads you can pack [?]
4th verse: If you fell down and you bust that sack
You socks see those the crawdad's crawlin back [?]
5th verse: What did the hen duck say to the drake
There aint no more crawdads in that lake
-snip-
I'm not sure if I got all those words right. I liked that rendition. It sounded great!