Jerry Lee Lewis

Songwriter: Traditional

Producer: Jerry Kennedy

You got a line and I got 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

Yonder come Uncle Jim with a sack on his back baby
Yonder come Uncle Jim with a sack on his back baby
Yonder come Jim Thomas with a sack on his back
He got more crawfish than he can ever back
Honey baby mine

You got a line I got a pole, baby
You got a line I got a pole, baby
You get a line and I'll get a pole
We're going down to the crawdad hole

Look at them crawdad's in that water baby
Look at them crawfish in that water baby
Look at them crawdad's in that water
Me and you come to start to holler
Honey baby mine

Jerry Lee Lewis was a leading figure in the popularization of rock & roll during the 1950s. He was first signed to Sun Records in 1956 where he was labelmates with Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, and other early rock artists. Of those musicians, however, he was the only piano player and combined with his heavy-handed playing style, sexually suggestive lyrics, and provocative stage antics he came to epitomize the rebelliousness of the genre.

He rose to international fame for his 1957 versions of the songs “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On.”

Lewis' popularity rapidly tumbled, however, when in 1958, when at the age of 22, he married his 13-year-old cousin. Though this scandal continued to tarnish his image, Lewis never retired from music. As of October 2015, he continues to perform live.

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