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Original Bluegrass song Swamp Food For Swamp People by Gary Crockett.
Transcript
00:00Down in the bayou
00:30With my rod and my reel and a jar full of bait
00:35Gonna hook me a catfish
00:40Oh, I just can't wait
00:44Swamp life calling, it's a wild lonesome sound
00:50In the heart of the marsh where the treasure's about
00:55Swamp food for small people, we know all the tricks
01:02From turtles to catfish, we've got our fix
01:08Fingers are picking on the banjo, so sweet
01:12As we hunt for our dinner in the warm summer heat
01:20Now down by the water you can hear the frogs croak
01:24While the sun sets low and the fireflies stoke
01:31Swamp snakes slithering through the reeds and the grass
01:35With a flick of my line, I'm just hoping to pass
01:43Bite after bite, I'm casting with ease
01:50Watching the ripples flow with the breeze
01:55Swamp food for small people, we know all the tricks
02:01From turtles to catfish, we've got our fix
02:09Fingers are picking on the banjo, so sweet
02:14As we hunt for our dinner in the warm summer heat
02:20Oh, gators lurking just beyond the bend
02:25With a wink of an eye, they're passing my friend
02:31But I'm here with my crew
02:33But I'm here with my crew, it's a swamp all around
02:37With laughter and stories in this wild sacred ground
02:44Sipping on sweet tea, while the fiddle plays on
02:51This life in the swamp, it's where I belong
02:58Underneath the canopy where the old moss hangs
03:21We're dancing to the tunes of the banjo and clangs
03:29With a pot on the fire and a turtle stew brewing
03:33We've got all we need
03:38Can you hear the birds cooing
03:42Every cast and every tale shared beneath the moon
03:48In this swampy haven, we're singing our tunes
03:55Swamp food for small people, we know all the tricks
04:00From turtles to catfish, we've got our fix
04:05Fingers are picking on the banjo, so sweet
04:11As we hunt for our dinner in the warm summer heat
04:17Can you hear the noise?
05:30In the swamp, we call home.
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