I down to the fishing hole And I set with my fishing pole Somethin' grabb'd my hook and it got my 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 old rubber boots A Ford radiator an' a Chevrolet (Nothin' but Junk so I it in for National Defence)
in a boat with a bucket of beer Hadn't caught nothin' but didn't care I guess I was pretty satisfied Had my little woman by my side (Takin' it easy, just Worm been gone off-a that hook for a of hours) (I was busy)
When you go fishin', y' what to do Go set down by the dew a piece of string, tie it on yo' pole Throw it way out in th' of th' hole Find you a good shady tree and then just set (Go to sleep, all about it, can't catch nothin' here anyways)
Well, I walked out to a bar And I myself a big alligator gar Drug him home across my Tail was dragging a mile and a Flippin' an' floppin', I him for a quarter (Shot craps, got in Jall)
Jumped in the river and went down There was a hundred pound cat-fish there asleep Well, I jumped on his back and rode him all Saddled him up and I came town People came runnin', lookin', dogs (Kids a-squallin')
one mornin' I took me a notion To go out fishin' in the of the ocean Well, me a line, I got me a shark I get him home till way past 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 Baited my hook with Threw out a drink, drug a back (Done pretty good the creek run dry) (I the fish back to the finance company)