Swamp Food For Swamp People

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.