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Crawdad Hole Song

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[Verse 1]
DYou get a line and I'll get a pole, honey
You get a line and I'll get a pole, A7babe
DYou get a line and D7I'll get a pole
GWe'll go down to the crawdad hole
DHoney, A7sugar baby, Dmine
[Verse 2]
DGet up old man, you slept too late, honey
Get up old man, you slept too late, A7babe
DGet up old man, you D7slept too late
GCrawdad man done passed your gate
DHoney, A7sugar baby, Dmine
[Verse 3]
DYonder come a man with a sack on his back
Packin' all the crawdads he can A7pack
DThe man fall down, and he D7bust his back
Hey, Glook at them crawdads back in back
DHoney, A7sugar baby, Dmine
[Verse 4]
DWhat you gonna do when the lake goes dry
Sit on the bank and watch them crawdads A7die
DWhat you gonna do when the D7crawdads die
GSit on the bank until I cry
DHoney, A7sugar baby, Dmine
[Verse 5]
DCrawdad sittin' on the river bank
Pickin' his teeth with a two by four A7plank
DLook at that crawdad D7crawlin' round
GHe's the mayor of Crawdad Town
DHoney, A7sugar baby, Dmine
[Verse 6]
I Dheard the duck say to the drake, honey
I heard the duck say to the drake, A7baby
I Dheard the duck say D7to the drake
GAin't no crawdads in this lake
DHoney, A7sugar baby, Dmine

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Crawdad Hole Song

by Misc Traditional

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[Verse 1]

You get a line and I'll get a pole, honey

You get a line and I'll get a pole, babe

D D7

You get a line and I'll get a pole

We'll go down to the crawdad hole

D A7 D

Honey, sugar baby, mine

[Verse 2]

Get up old man, you slept too late, honey

Get up old man, you slept too late, babe

D D7

Get up old man, you slept too late

Crawdad man done passed your gate

D A7 D

Honey, sugar baby, mine

[Verse 3]

Yonder come a man with a sack on his back

Packin' all the crawdads he can pack

D D7

The man fall down, and he bust his back

Hey, look at them crawdads back in back

D A7 D

Honey, sugar baby, mine

[Verse 4]

What you gonna do when the lake goes dry

Sit on the bank and watch them crawdads die

D D7

What you gonna do when the crawdads die

Sit on the bank until I cry

D A7 D

Honey, sugar baby, mine

[Verse 5]

Crawdad sittin' on the river bank

Pickin' his teeth with a two by four plank

D D7

Look at that crawdad crawlin' round

He's the mayor of Crawdad Town

D A7 D

Honey, sugar baby, mine

[Verse 6]

I heard the duck say to the drake, honey

I heard the duck say to the drake, baby

D D7

I heard the duck say to the drake

Ain't no crawdads in this lake

D A7 D

Honey, sugar baby, mine

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