Oh yeh! Cajun man do all he can    Gotta make a living he s a Louisiana man       At birth Mama n Papa called their little boy Ned    Raised him on the banks of the river bed    A houseboat tied to a big tall tree    A home for my mama and my papa and me       The clock strikes three Papa jumps to his feet    Already Mama s cooking Papa something to eat    At half-past Papa he s a-ready to go    He jumps in his bureau headed down the bayou       He s got a fishing line strung across a Louisiana river    Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat    He sets his traps in the swamps catches anything he can    Gotta make a living he s a Louisiana man    Gotta make a living he s a Louisiana man       Oh yeh! Cajun man do all he can    Gotta make a living he s a Louisiana man       They call Mama Rita and my daddy Jack    the little baby brother on the floor is Mack    Bryn and Lynn are the family twins    Big brother Ed s on the bayou fishing       On the river float Papa s great big boat    That s how my papa goes into town   Takes every bit of the night and day   To even reach a place where the people stay       He s got a fishing line strung across a Louisiana river    Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat    He sets his traps in the swamps catches anything he can    Gotta make a living he s a Louisiana man    Gotta make a living he s a Louisiana man       I can hardly wait till tomorrow comes round    That s the day my Papa takes his furs to town    Papa said Son we got lines to run    We come back again cause there s work to be done       He s got a fishing line strung across a Louisiana river    Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat    He sets his traps in the swamps catches anything he can    Gotta make a living he s a Louisiana man    Gotta make a living he s a Louisiana man       Oh yeh! Cajun man do all he can    Gotta make a living he s a Louisiana man    Gotta make a living he s a Louisiana man