I down 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 some boy I got sunk, kinda on credit
Fishin' down on th' muddy Felt a pull an' give a big I drug out old rubber boots A radiator an' a Chevrolet coop (Nothin' but Junk so I it in for National Defence)
Settin' in a boat with a bucket of Hadn't caught nothin' but didn't care I I was pretty well satisfied Had my little woman by my side (Takin' it easy, just Worm been off-a that hook for a couple 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' middle of th' Find you a good shady tree and then set down (Go to sleep, forget all about it, can't nothin' here anyways)
Well, I walked out to a bar And I myself 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 and went down deep There was a hundred pound cat-fish lying asleep Well, I jumped on his back and rode him all Saddled him up and I came town People came runnin', lookin', a-barkin' (Kids a-squallin')
Early one mornin' I me a notion To go out in the middle of the ocean Well, me a line, I got me a shark I didn't get him till way past dark (Was he a man-eater, customer) (But he quite tough enough)
last night I had me a dream I was out fishin' in a whiskey Baited my with apple-jack Threw out a drink, drug a gallon (Done pretty good the creek run dry) (I give the fish back to the company)