Lyrics

You get a line and I'll get a pole, oh baby  
You get a line and I'll get a pole, oh babe  
You get a line and I'll get a pole  
An' I'll met you down by the crawdad hole  
  
Oh well a yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah baby mine  
A well you don't miss water' til the well runs dry  
You don't miss the water 'til the well runs dry  
Don't miss the water 'til the well runs dry  
  
An' you don't miss your man 'til he says good bye  
Oh well a yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah baby mine  
So when you see me coming hoist your windows high  
When you see me coming hoist your windows high  
  
When you see me coming hoist your windows high  
When you see me leavin' hang your head and cry  
Oh well a yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah baby mine  
Watcha gonna do when your chair gives out, my sweet thing  
  
Watcha gonna do when your chair gives out, my babe  
When you got no liquor, no chair, no shoes  
Well you lay 'cross the bed with your head in the blues  
Oh well a yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah baby mine  
  
Oh well I dance all night with a bottle in my hand, oh baby  
Dance all night with a bottle in my hand, oh babe  
Dance all night with a bottle in my hand  
I'm looking for a woman ain't got no man  
  
Oh well a yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah baby mine  
Wonder what Satan's grumbling 'bout, oh baby  
Wonder whet Satan's grumbling 'bout, oh babe  
Wonder what Satan's grumbling 'bout  
  
Oh well he's chained down in hell and can't get out  
Oh well a yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah baby mine  
Wake up old man, you slept too late this mornin'  
Wake up old man, you slept too late this evenin'  
  
Wake up old man, you slept too late  
The crawdad wagon done passed your gate  
Oh well a yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah baby mine  
You get a line and I'll get a pole, oh baby  
  
You get a line and I'll get a pole, oh babe  
You get a line and I'll get a pole  
An' I'll meet you down by the crawdad hole  
Oh well a yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah baby mine

Song details

Artist: Harry Belafonte