Shrimping For Brownies

In the brackish water of a tideland flat A delicious creature grows up and gets fat Louisiana Brown shrimp is its name Their excellent flavor has brought them fame They call them Brownies and they’re caught by net My first time shrimping, I’ll never forget My friend Remy was of Cajun decent And he was my mentor for this event Sportsman’s Shrimping License, you need to get That allows using a sixteen foot net Took Remy’s fourteen foot flat bottomed boat And his shrimping gear, nothing else of note We checked out the net as we headed south Exactly sixteen foot wide at the mouth Where spreader boards attach to keep it wide The purse at the bottom is neatly tied Shrimping in the tide water flats that day About one half hour we dragged that sleigh Remy said, “Now be time to check da purse” No shrimp, no crabs, just junk; couldn’t be worse “Don’t worry Ami”, Remy said to me “Things be good when da tide changes, you’ll see” “ I gonna show to you my secret spot” “You gonna see shrimping when it be hot” Remy motored around till I was lost He’ll get us back out, had my fingers crossed He made sure I couldn’t find my way back He should have just put my head in a sack Then I said, “Remy, stop running around!” I’ll never find you secret shrimping ground" With a big Cajun grin from ear to ear “Be no more running Ami, we be here” The tide was just starting to go out fast Spots that were water were becoming grass With the boat in the mouth of the deepest cut “Get da net out now, don’t sit on da butt” The motor was set so we stayed in place Then easy to see what was Remy’s ace The shrimp that were carried out by the tide Went in the net, there was no way to hide Looked back at Remy and he smiled at me “This be da shrimping, what you come to see” We just sat and talked as shrimp filled the purse The net was so full it would almost burst We kept catching shrimp till the tide slowed down Then stowed all the gear and headed to town Never saw shrimping that could equal that Too my friend Remy, I take off my hat!