I went down to the hole And I set with my fishing pole grabb'd my hook and it got my bait And me out in the middle of the lake Huh, it was jump boy I got sunk, kinda baptized on
Fishin' on th' muddy bank Felt a pull an' a big yank I drug out three old rubber A Ford radiator an' a Chevrolet (Nothin' but so I handed it in for National Defence)
Settin' in a with a bucket of beer Hadn't caught nothin' but didn't care I guess I was well satisfied Had my little woman right by my (Takin' it easy, just Worm been gone off-a hook for a couple of hours) (I was busy)
When you go fishin', y' what to do Go set by the grassy dew Take a of string, tie it on yo' pole Throw it way out in th' of th' hole Find you a good shady tree and just set down (Go to sleep, forget all about it, can't nothin' here anyways)
Well, I out to a sandy bar And I caught a big alligator gar Drug him across my back Tail was dragging a mile and a an' floppin', I sold him for a quarter (Shot craps, got in Jall)
Jumped in the river and went down was a hundred pound cat-fish lying there asleep Well, I jumped on his and rode him all aroun' Saddled him up and I came into People runnin', lookin', dogs a-barkin' (Kids a-squallin')
Early one I took me a notion To go out fishin' in the of the ocean Well, throwed me a line, I got me a I didn't get him home till way past (Was he a man-eater, customer) (But he quite tough enough)
Late night I had me a dream I was out fishin' in a whiskey Baited my with apple-jack Threw out a drink, drug a back (Done pretty good the creek run dry) (I the fish back to the finance company)