I went to the fishing hole And I set with my fishing pole Somethin' my hook and it got my bait And Jerked me out in the middle of the Huh, it was jump boy I got sunk, baptized on credit
down on th' muddy bank Felt a an' give a big yank I drug out old rubber boots A Ford radiator an' a coop (Nothin' but Junk so I handed it in for Defence)
Settin' in a boat a bucket of beer caught nothin' but didn't much care I guess I was pretty satisfied Had my woman right by my side (Takin' it easy, just been gone off-a that hook for a couple of hours) (I was busy)
When you go fishin', tell y' to do Go set down by the dew Take a piece of string, tie it on yo' it way out in th' middle of th' hole Find you a good shady tree and then just set (Go to sleep, forget all about it, catch nothin' here anyways)
Well, I out to a sandy bar And I caught a big alligator gar Drug him home across my Tail was a mile and a half an' floppin', I sold him for a quarter (Shot craps, got in Jall)
Jumped in the river and went down There was a hundred cat-fish lying there asleep Well, I jumped on his and rode him all aroun' Saddled him up and I into town People came runnin', lookin', a-barkin' (Kids a-squallin')
one mornin' I took me a notion To go out fishin' in the middle of the Well, me a line, I got me a shark I didn't get him home till way dark (Was he a man-eater, customer) (But he wasn't quite enough)
Late last I had me a dream I was out in a whiskey stream my hook with apple-jack Threw out a drink, a gallon back (Done good till the creek run dry) (I give the fish to the finance company)