It's quiet on the river this morning Ain't nobody on the water but me But the sun is coming on And it won't be long 'Fore there's a little more wake Coming in this creek I put the lines out in the Water in the morning They'll be loaded by the end of the day I put a trap or two in the wolf gut slough They'll be full if I'm lucky that way It's quiet on the river this morning Ain't nobody on the water but me But the sun is coming on And it won't be long 'Fore there's a little more wake Coming in this creek I put the lines out in the Water in the morning They'll be loaded by the end of the day I put a trap or two in the wolf gut slough They'll be full if I'm lucky that way The river got outta the banks, sweet darling Probably up into the roots by now But there ain't no harrassing this ole fish assassin I'm gonna get 'em in the boat somehow We gonna fry a mess of fish in the evening Me and whoever else is around And that baby of mine might be mad at me but Believe me, she'll be coming on down Coming on down, coming on down, coming on down Making noise with the alligator boys Twenty miles east of Gauttier Making noise with the alligator boys Twenty miles east of Gauttier Making noise with the alligator boys Twenty miles east of Gauttier Making noise with the alligator boys Twenty miles east of Gauttier Making noise with the alligator boys Twenty miles east of Gauttier Making noise with the alligator boys Twenty miles east of Gauttier It's quiet on the river this morning Ain't nobody on the water but me But the sun is coming on And it won't be long 'Fore there's a little more wake Coming in this creek I put the lines out in the Water in the morning They'll be loaded by the end of the day I put a trap or two in the wolf gut slough They'll be full if I'm lucky that way The river got outta the banks, sweet darling Probably up into the roots by now But there ain't no harrassing this ole fish assassin I'm gonna get 'em in the boat somehow We gonna fry a mess of fish in the evening Me and whoever else is around And that baby of mine might be mad at me but Believe me, she'll be coming on down Making noise with the alligator boys Twenty miles east of Gauttier Making noise with the alligator boys Twenty miles east of Gauttier Making noise with the alligator boys Twenty miles east of Gauttier Making noise with the alligator boys Twenty miles east of Gauttier