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Created by Gary Crockett a song about one of our most favourite things to catch and eat.
Transcript
00:00It's big and it's dangerous with big claws of mine
00:14If it grabs you, it will give you a terrible fright
00:19Big fat claws of chock-a-block with tasty meat
00:25But they can cut off your fingers nice and neat
00:30The mighty Australian mud crab, it's a culinary tree
00:35We drop our crab pots made out of chicken wire
00:40The saltwater creek, miles where the mud crab hide
00:47Leave them there for hours and check them at high tide
00:51Baited with bones or fish, the mud crab comes to feed
00:56Gets trapped in the pot, the mighty Australian mud crab
01:00In our rivers and our creeks
01:03Just watch out for the crocodiles, likely you will meet
01:07Pull in the pot and tip out the mud crab's cock
01:13Just watch out for crocs that are lurking nearby
01:18In between checkin' crab pots, we catch a barramundi or two
01:33Then after pullin' in the crabs, we head home to feast
01:37On a tasty seafood treat, pull a big pot of salt water
01:43Drop the mud crabs and they turn red when done
01:47It doesn't take very long
01:49The meat is sweet and white and flaky
01:53Very tasty
01:56The mighty Australian mud crab
02:02It's a culinary treat
02:06Yeah, it's big and it's dangerous
02:12Big claws of mite
02:13If it grabs you, it will give you a terrible fright
02:19Big fat claws of chock-a-block with tasty meat
02:24The mighty Australian mud crab
02:29It's a culinary treat
02:31Oh
02:32We drop our crab pots
02:44Made out of chicken wire
02:47Saltwater creek, miles where the mud crab hide
02:51Leave them there for hours and check them at high tide
02:56Played it with bones or fish, the mud crab comes to feed
03:01Gets trapped in the pot
03:03The mighty Australian mud crab
03:05In our rivers and our creeks
03:08Just watch out for the crocodiles, likely you will meet
03:13Pull in the pot, tip out the mud crabs caught
03:17Just watch out for crocs that are lurking nearby
03:24In Australia, here in Australia
03:32In Australia, here in Australia
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