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 We'll go down to the crawdad hole Honey, baby of mine.
Yonder come a man with a sack on his back, honey (honey) Yonder come a man with a sack on his back, babe (babe) Yonder come a man with a sack on his back Got all the crawdads in his sack (Honey, baby of mine.)
The man feel down and he burst his bag, honey (honey) The man feel down and he burst his bag, babe (babe) The man feel down and he burst his bag Along came the crawdads back in the bag? (Honey, baby of mine.)
You get, I'll get, honey You get, I'll get, babe You get, I'll get We'll get (Honey, baby of mine.)
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What you goin' do when the sun goes dry, honey (honey)? What you goin' do when the sun goes dry, babe (babe) What you goin' do when the sun goes dry Sit on the back and watch the crawdads die (Honey, baby of mine.)
You get, I'll get, honey You get, I'll get, babe You get, I'll get We'll get (Honey, baby of mine.)
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 We'll go down to the crawdad hole. (Honey, baby of mine...)