(Words & music by Bennett - Tepper)
I saw three shrimp in the water,
two were old and gray
I swam a little bit closer and ..
I heard the third one say
Goodbye mama shrimp,
papa shake my hand
Here come the shrimp boat for to take me to Louisian'
Here come the shrimp boat for to take me to Louisian'
He showed his mama and papa, the shrimp newspaper he read
An invitation to all the shrimp and this is what it said
Free ride, New Orleans, stay in grand hotel
Meet Creole gal who help you come out of your shell
Meet Creole gal who help you come out of your shell
If I should live to be ninety, I will never forget
The little shrimp and the song he sang as he jumped into the net
Goodbye mama shrimp,papa shake my hand
Here come the shrimp boat for to take me to Louisian'
Here come the shrimp boatfor to take me to Louisian'
Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
two were old and gray
I swam a little bit closer and ..
I heard the third one say
Goodbye mama shrimp,
papa shake my hand
Here come the shrimp boat for to take me to Louisian'
Here come the shrimp boat for to take me to Louisian'
He showed his mama and papa, the shrimp newspaper he read
An invitation to all the shrimp and this is what it said
Free ride, New Orleans, stay in grand hotel
Meet Creole gal who help you come out of your shell
Meet Creole gal who help you come out of your shell
If I should live to be ninety, I will never forget
The little shrimp and the song he sang as he jumped into the net
Goodbye mama shrimp,papa shake my hand
Here come the shrimp boat for to take me to Louisian'
Here come the shrimp boatfor to take me to Louisian'
Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
3 comments:
I spent twenty years in Florida... have been here and just about everywhere there. Shell Point was near here I believe and I used to have a beautiful collection of bleached white shells.... all that stayed behind when I left a bad marriage with a suitcase. Turns out it was all worth it. Beautiful blog!
Awesome! I've never been to Florida. Your blog really makes me want to go.
I worked in Marathon fla as a kid on the shrimp & mackeral docks. I've located the dockes on google earth, many things are still the same, but where have all the trawlers gone to ? it's all little pleasure boats now.
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