Crawdad Song
Crawdads are crayfish resembling small lobsters. They mainly live in streams and brooks.
Crawdad Song
Children's Song
You get a line and I'll get a pole honey.
You get a line and I'll get a pole babe.
You get a line and I'll get a pole
And we'll go down to the crawdad hole, honey, baby mine.
Whatcha' gonna' do when the creek goes dry honey?
Whatcha' gonna' do when the creek goes dry babe?
Whatcha' gonna' do when the creek goes dry?
Sit on the bank and cry, cry, cry, honey, baby mine.
Comments
Rachel Cotton wrote, "My mom would sing this song to me when I was a child."
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"Catfish" Hubbard wrote me from Franklin, Illinois... "I used to hear fiddle players play this song probably 55 years ago and the last line they always used was: Gonna sit on the banks and watch the crawdads die, honey, oh baby, mine."
Thanks!
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Rachel Cotton of Pea Ridge, Arkansas for contributing this song in 2004.
Thanks so much!
