You grab a line, I'll grab a pole, honey
You grab a line, I'll grab a pole, babe
You grab a line, I'll grab a pole
We'll all go down to the crawdad hole
Honey, sugar baby, mine
Get up old man, you slept too late, honey
Get up old man, you slept too late, babe
Get up old man, you slept too late
The crawdad man done passed your gate
Honey, sugar baby, mine
You grab a line, I'll grab a pole, honey
You grab a line, I'll grab a pole, babe
You grab a line, I'll grab a pole
We'll all go down to the crawdad hole
Honey, sugar baby, mine
Yonder come a man with a sack on his back, honey
Yonder come a man with a sack on his back, babe
Yonder come a man with a sack on his back
He's packin' all the crawdads he can pack
Honey, sugar baby, mine
Man fell down and bust his sack, honey
Man fell down and bust his sack, babe
Man fell down and bust his sack
Look at all them crawdads back to back
Honey, sugar baby, mine
You grab a line, I'll grab a pole, honey
You grab a line, I'll grab a pole, babe
You grab a line, I'll grab a pole
We'll all go down to the crawdad hole
Honey, sugar baby, 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, sugar baby, mine
You don't need more than a piece of string, honey
A crawdad'll eat most anything, babe
A piece of rope, a piece of twine, a piece of your finger would do just fine
Honey, sugar baby, mine
You grab a line, I'll grab a pole, honey
You grab a line, I'll grab a pole, babe
You grab a line, I'll grab a pole
We'll all go down to the crawdad hole
Honey, sugar baby, mine
What'cha gonna do when the river goes dry, honey
Tell me, what'cha gonna do when the river goes dry, babe
What'cha gonna do when the river goes dry
"I'll sit on the bank and watch the crawdads die"
Honey, sugar baby, mine
What'cha gonna do when the crawdads die, honey
Tell me, what'cha gonna do when the crawdads die, babe
What'cha gonna do when the crawdads die
"I'll sit on the bank and cry, cry, cry"
Honey, sugar baby, mine
You grab a line, I'll grab a pole, honey
You grab a line, I'll grab a pole, babe
You grab a line, I'll grab a pole
We'll all go down to the crawdad hole
Honey, sugar baby, mine
Look at that crawdad strut around, honey
Won'tcha look at that crawdad strut around, babe
By the way that crawdad struts around, I'd say he's the mayor of crawdad town
Honey, sugar baby, mine
You grab a line, I'll grab a pole, honey
You grab a line, I'll grab a pole, babe
You grab a line, I'll grab a pole
We'll all go down to the crawdad hole
Honey, sugar baby, mine
You grab a line, I'll grab a pole, honey
You grab a line, I'll grab a pole, babe
You grab a line, I'll grab a pole
We'll all go down to the crawdad hole
Honey, sugar baby, mine
Honey, sugar baby, mine
Honey, sugar baby, mine