We grew up watching the Andy Griffith Show and when we were coming up with songs for the new album, we knew we had to choose one from Andy’s front porch. Hope you enjoy this Americana classic, “The Crawdad Song“!
Fun fact, we use this song as a change of pace in the middle of our 90-minute Branson show and it replaced our original, The Ring Song , that we played for many years.
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Hey, Grandpa (Original)
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►This video:
Vocals and fiddle: @katiepetersen
Vocals and banjo: @EllenHaygood
Vocals and mandolin: @JuliannePetersen
Key moments:
0:01 The Crawdad Song
0:20 Katie
0:25 Ellen
1:10 mandolin
1:20 Julianne
1:33 tonal modulation
2:33 The Arkansas Traveler - fiddle
2:41 banjo
3:13 outro
Turn on captions (CC) to see the lyrics on screen.
Videography: Aaron Clark
Audio: Troy Dixon
Microphones: Ear Trumpet Labs
►LYRICS - The Crawdad Song
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 fishin’ in the crawdad hole*
Honey, baby mine
Sell your crawdads three for a dime, honey
Sell your crawdads three for a dime, babe
Sell your crawdads three for a dime
Your crawdads ain’t good as mine
Honey, baby mine
Hurry up, you slept too late, honey
Hurry up, you slept too late, babe
Hurry up babe, you slept too late
Crawdad man done passed your gate
Honey, baby mine
What are ya gonna do when the lake goes dry, honey?
What are ya gonna do when the lake goes dry, babe?
What are ya gonna do when the lake goes dry
Sit on the bank, watch crawdads die?
Honey, babe of mine
I heard the duck say to the drake*, honey
I heard the duck say to the drake, babe
I heard the duck say to the drake
There ain’t no crawdads in this lake
Honey, babe of mine
So 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 fishin’ in the crawdad hole, honey
Baby honey, baby honey
Babe of mine
* Crawdad = US slang for a freshwater crayfish, like a little lobster. They’re also known as mud bugs as they dig holes in the mud near lakes and streams.
» Photo: Crawdad
» Photo: Crawdad hole
* Drake = male duck.
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