"The Mullet Man" genre: New Country
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	The Mullet Man is a ballad about an old fisherman who helped the poor, was honest and kind, and scorned by the rich.
	CD: The Mullet Man   Label: Mullet Man Music Credits: (C) 1993 John Morgan Smith. Music: Rufus Edwards, Tug Paul, Terry Setzer, John Morgan Smith
	Story Behind the Song It is a true story about a fisherman who lived in Northwest Florida. This is a demo track recorded in 2000. Lyrics The Mullet Man Wayland Shannon was the Mullet Man He fished every day that he could With a long gill net and his own bare hands And a little leaky boat of wood People called him the Mullet Man From their big homes along the shore They would look down their nose And say ‘there he goes’ You better check the lock on the door Refrain: Hear that sound, that’s the Mullet Man The putt putt coming down the Sound He’s got fresh Speckled Trout and Mullet no doubt And he’ll sell ‘em when he comes around The poor folks sure loved the Mullet Man More than the free fish he’d bring To their tar paper shacks He would meet ‘em out back To Shannon they were the kings Thirty years pulling the long net What does it avail a man Gnarled leathered hands Cancer on the skin And no retirement plan Refrain The fish are all gone said the Mullet Man Pollution done chased ‘em away The crabs are too small And the gulls they don’t call But he kept searching day after day If you ever go down to the Gulf Coast Down around Santa Rosa Sound Listen closely for the Mullet Man ‘Cause his spirit just might be around Refrain © 1993 John Morgan Smith

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