(Words & music by Bennett - Tepper)
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I saw three shrimp in the water, two were old and gray
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I swam a little bit closer and .. I heard the third one say
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Goodbye mama shrimp, papa shake my hand
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Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
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Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
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He showed his mama and papa, the shrimp newspaper he read
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An invitation to all the shrimp and this is what it said
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Free ride, New Orleans, stay in grand hotel
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Big Creole gal who help you come out of your shell
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Big Creole gal who help you come out of your shell
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If I should live to be ninety, I will never forget
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The little shrimp and the song he sang as he jumped into the net
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Goodbye mama shrimp, papa shake my hand
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Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
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Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
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Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
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Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
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Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
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Shrimp song (R. Bennett & S. Tepper)
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| Townes Van Zandt |
