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Thread #149511   Message #3478496
Posted By: VivIlo Veith
12-Feb-13 - 12:20 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Shrimp Song / Song of the Shrimp
Subject: Lyr Req: Shrimp Song
I know I have heard more verses to this Shrimp Song. Anyone know them? Townes Van Zandt sang it. It is by R. Bennett & S. Tepper. I can find those lyrics easily.    I am looking for the added verses. The ones I have are:

I saw three shrimp in the water, two were old and gray
I swam a little bit closer and .. I heard the third one say

Goodbye mama shrimp, papa shake my hand
Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'

He showed his mama and papa, the shrimp newspaper he read
An invitation to all the shrimp and this is what it said
Free ride, New Orleans, stay in grand hotel
Big Creole gal who help you come out of your shell
Big Creole gal who help you come out of your shell

If I should live to be ninety, I will never forget
The little shrimp and the song he sang as he jumped into the net

Goodbye mama shrimp, papa shake my hand
Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'

Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'