Crawdad Song

Doc Watson

Traditional

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C
Well you get a line and I'll get a pole honey
                                   G7
You get a line and I'll get a pole babe
C
You get a line and I'll get a pole
      F
We'll go down to the crawdad hole
C     G7   C
Honey baby mine

Verse 2

Well I sit on the bank till my feet get cold honey
                                      G7
Sit on the bank till my feet get cold babe
C
Sit on the bank till my feet get cold
F
Watching them crawdads jumpin’ in a hole
C     G7   C
Honey baby mine

Verse 3

Yonder comes a man with a sack on his back unhuh
                                           G7
Yonder comes a man with a sack on his back babe
  C
A great big sack on his back
       F
Caught more crawdads he can pack
C     G7   C
Honey baby mine

Verse 4

Well he fell down and he busted that sack unhuh
                                        G7
That man fell down and busted that sack babe
        C
Yeah he fell down and he busted that sack
     F
Just watch them crawdads backing back
C     G7   C
Honey baby mine

Verse 5

Well what did the hen duck say to the drake honey
                                       G7
What did the hen duck say to the drake babe
C
What did the hen duck say to the drake
      F
There ain't no crawdads in this lake
C     G7   C
Honey baby mine

Verse 1

C
Well you get a line and I'll get a pole honey
                                   G7
You get a line and I'll get a pole babe
C
You get a line and I'll get a pole
      F
We'll go down to the crawdad hole
C     G7   C
Honey baby mine