This is the way the women sung it, like this
You'll get a line, I'll get a pole, honey
You'll get a line, I'll get a pole, babe
That's pretty loud for a lot of lines
You'll get a line, I'll get a pole
This is why my uncle and them used to come here
Let's go down to that crawdad hole now, honey
Baby, my
Now come a man with a sack on his back now, honey
Now come a man with a sack on his back, oh, babe
Now come a man with a sack on his back
He's got more crawdads and he can't crack now, honey
Baby, my
Man fell down and he broke that sack now, honey
Man fell down and he broke that sack, babe
Man fell down and he broke that sack
He might have seen the more crawdads going on back now, honey
Baby, my
What you gonna do when the pond go dry now, honey?
Oh, what you gonna do when the pond go dry, babe?
What you gonna do when the pond go dry?
Sit on the frank and watch the poor things die now, honey
Baby, my
Sit on the pond when my feet got cold now, honey
Sit on the pond when my feet got cold, babe
Sit on the pond when my feet got cold
I'm looking right down at those crawdad holes, honey
Baby, my
What did the hen duck say to the drake, now honey, you'd be surprised
What did the hen duck say to the drake, babe
What did the hen duck say
To the drake, boy there ain't no crawdads
In this lake, honey
Babe, babe
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