The Crawdad Song
Crawdad Harmony: A Love Tale by The Petersens
Lyrics
You get a line and I'll get a pole, honey
You and I will each have a fishing line.
You get a line and I'll get a pole, babe
Reiteration of the plan to fish together.
You get a line and I'll get a pole
Confirming the joint fishing endeavor.
We'll go fishin' in the crawdad hole
Planning to fish for crawdads in a specific location.
Honey, baby mine
An affectionate term for the partner.
Sell your crawdads three for a dime, honey
Suggesting the sale of crawdads at a low price.
Sell your crawdads three for a dime, babe
Repeating the suggestion to sell crawdads.
Sell your crawdads three for a dime
Continuing the idea of selling crawdads at a low cost.
Your crawdads ain't good as mine
Claiming superiority of one's crawdads over the partner's.
Honey, baby mine
Endearing term for the partner.
Hurry up, you slept too late, honey
Expressing urgency due to oversleeping.
Hurry up, you slept too late, babe
Reiterating the urgency of waking up.
Hurry up babe, you slept too late
Emphasizing the consequence of sleeping too late.
Crawdad man done passed your gate
Indicating that the crawdad seller has already passed by.
Honey, baby mine
Endearing term for the partner.
What are ya gonna do when the lake goes dry, honey?
Raising a hypothetical scenario of the lake drying up.
What are ya gonna do when the lake goes dry, babe?
Reiterating the hypothetical scenario of a dry lake.
What are ya gonna do when the lake goes dry
Continuing the discussion of the lake drying up.
Sit on the bank, watch crawdads die?
Suggesting the observation of crawdads dying as a consequence.
Honey, baby mine
Endearing term for the partner.
I heard the duck say to the drake, honey
Quoting a conversation between a duck and a drake.
I heard the duck say to the drake, babe
Repeating the quoted conversation between the duck and the drake.
I heard the duck say to the drake
Continuing the quoted conversation regarding crawdads in the lake.
There ain't no crawdads in this lake
Denying the existence of crawdads in the lake.
Honey, baby mine
Endearing term for the partner.
So you get a line and I'll get a pole, honey
Reiteration of the fishing plan.
You get a line and I'll get a pole, babe
Repeating the plan to fish together.
You get a line and I'll get a pole
Confirming the joint fishing endeavor.
We'll go fishin' in the crawdad hole, honey
Repeating the intention to fish in the crawdad hole.
Baby honey, baby honey
Endearing term for the partner.
Babe of mine
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