I went to the fishing hole And I set down 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, baptized on credit
Fishin' down on th' bank Felt a pull an' give a big I out three old rubber boots A Ford radiator an' a Chevrolet (Nothin' but Junk so I 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 pretty well Had my little woman right by my (Takin' it easy, just Worm been gone that hook for a couple of hours) (I was busy)
When you go fishin', tell y' to do Go set by the grassy dew Take a piece of string, tie it on yo' Throw it way out in th' of th' hole Find you a good shady and then just set down (Go to sleep, forget all about it, can't nothin' here anyways)
Well, I out to a sandy bar And I myself a big alligator gar him home across my back Tail was a mile and a half Flippin' an' floppin', I him for a quarter (Shot craps, got in Jall)
Jumped in the river and 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 came into came runnin', lookin', dogs a-barkin' (Kids a-squallin')
Early one I took me a notion To go out fishin' in the middle of the Well, throwed me a line, I got me a I didn't get him home way past dark (Was he a man-eater, customer) (But he quite tough enough)
Late last I had me a dream I was out fishin' in a whiskey my hook with apple-jack Threw out a drink, a gallon back (Done pretty good the creek run dry) (I give the fish back to the company)