Buck Owens And The Whole Hee Haw Gang performs "Crawdad Song"

Buck Owens And The Whole Hee Haw Gang performs "Crawdad Song"  on the Hee Haw show 1979.

"Crawdad Song"This song evolved from Anglo-American play-party traditions and African-American blues. Workers building levees to prevent the flooding of the Mississippi River in the South were among the first to sing it.

Woody Guthrie crawdad song Lyrics

 

1

You get a line, I’ll get a pole, honey

You get a line, I’ll get a pole, babe

You get a line, I’ll get a pole

We’ll go down to the crawdad hole

Honey babe of mine

 

2

Hurry up, babe, you slept too late, honey

Hurry up, babe, you slept too late, babe

Hurry up, honey, you slept too late

Crawdad man done passed your gate

Honey baby mine

 

3

Sell your crawdads three for a dime, honey

Sell your crawdads three for a dime, babe

Sell your crawdads three for a dime

Your crawdads ain’t good as mine

Honey babe of mine

 

4

What’re ya gonna do when the lake goes dry, honey

What’re ya gonna do when the lake goes dry, babe

What’re ya gonna do when the lake goes dry

Sit on the bank, watch the crawdads die

Honey babe of mine

 

5

Now, if you want to hear Sonny Terry play, honey

You want to hear Sonny Terry play, babe

You want to hear Sonny Terry play

Sonny and I gonna take it away

Honey… (Play right on, Sonny)

 

6

Hurry up, babe, you slept too late, baby

Hurry up, babe, you slept too late, babe

Hurry up, babe, you slept too late

Crawdad man done passed your gate

Honey babe of mine

 

7

I heard the duck say to the drake, honey

I heard the duck say to the drake, babe

Heard the duck say to the drake

Ain’t no crawdads in this lake

Honey babe of mine

 

8

There’s a little bitty sailor nine days old, honey

Little bitty baby nine days old, sweet thing

Little bitty baby nine days old,

Stuck his finger in the crawdad hole

Hey, hey hey hey