I went to the fishing hole And I set down with my fishing Somethin' my hook and it got my bait And me out in the middle of the lake Huh, it was some boy I got sunk, kinda on credit
Fishin' down on th' bank a pull an' give a big yank I drug out three old rubber A Ford radiator an' a Chevrolet (Nothin' but Junk so I handed it in for Defence)
Settin' in a with a bucket of beer Hadn't caught nothin' but much care I guess I was well satisfied Had my little right by my side (Takin' it easy, just Worm been gone off-a hook for a couple of hours) (I was busy)
you go fishin', tell y' what to do Go set by the grassy dew Take a of string, tie it on yo' pole it way out in th' middle of th' hole Find you a good shady tree and just set down (Go to sleep, forget all about it, can't catch here anyways)
Well, I walked out to a bar And I myself 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 and went down deep There was a hundred pound lying there asleep Well, I on his back and rode him all aroun' Saddled him up and I into town People runnin', lookin', dogs a-barkin' (Kids a-squallin')
Early one I took me a notion To go out in the middle 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 wasn't quite enough)
Late last night I had me a I was out fishin' in a whiskey Baited my hook with Threw out a drink, drug a gallon (Done pretty good till the run dry) (I the fish back to the finance company)