Crawdad Song
Traditional American · public domain
A folk 12-bar in miniature — 1 sprouts its seventh, visits the 4, and the 5⁷ tags 'honey, baby, mine'.
KeyCDbDEbEFF#GAbABbB4/4 · easy shuffle
Verse 1
You get a Cline and I'll get a pole, G7honey,
you get a G7line and I'll get a pole, Cbabe,
you get a Cline and I'll get a C7pole, and we'll Fgo down to the crawdad hole,
Choney, G7baby, Cmine.
Verse 2
Yonder comes a Cman with a sack on his back, G7honey,
yonder comes a G7man with a sack on his back, Cbabe,
yonder comes a Cman with a C7sack on his back, Fpackin' all the crawdads he can pack,
Choney, G7baby, Cmine.
Verse 3
What you gonna Cdo when the lake goes dry, G7honey?
What you gonna G7do when the lake goes dry, Cbabe?
What you gonna Cdo when the C7lake goes dry — Fsit on the bank and watch the crawdads die,
Choney, G7baby, Cmine.
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