Talking Fishing Blues

I went down to the fishing hole

And I set down with my fishing pole

Somethin' grabbed my hook and it got my bait

And it jerked me out in the middle of the lake

Some jump

I got sunk

Baptized on credit

Fishin' down on the muddy bank

I felt a pull, and I give a big yank

I hauled out three old rubber boots

And a Ford radiator and a Chevrolet coupe

Handed it in for National Defense

Sittin' in a boat with a bucket of beer

And I hadn't caught nothin', but I didn't much care

I guess I was pretty well satisfied

I had my little lady right by my side

Takin' it easy

Just a-waitin'

Worm been gone off that hook for a couple of hours

You go fishin', I'll tell you what to do

You go set down by the grazin' slew

Take a piece of string, and tie it on your pole

And throw it way out in the middle of the hole

Find you a good shady tree and then just set down

And go to sleep

Forget all about it

Jumped in the river and I went down deep

There was a hundred pound cat-fish lying there asleep

I jumped on his back and rode him into town

Saddled him up and then I come to town

People come a-runnin'

Lookin'

Dogs a-barkin'

Kids a-squallin'

Stagnated water is a stinkin' thing

Slick on top and all turned green

When the water goes bad, the fish all run

You could sit all day and not catch a one

Except mud wallopers, jewgars, a few little suckers

I waded out to a sandy bar

And I caught myself a big alligator gar

Brung him home across my back

Tail was draggin' a mile and a half

Flippin' and floppin'

Sold him for a quarter

Shot craps

Got in jail

Early one mornin' I took me a notion

To go out a-fishin' in the middle of the ocean

Throwed down my line and caught me a shark

I didn't get him home 'til way past dark

He was a man-eater

Tough customer

Just wasn't quite tough enough

Late last night I had me a dream

I was out fishin' in a whiskey stream

Baited my hook with applejack

Throw out a drink, bring a gallon back

Done pretty good 'til the creek run dry

So I gave my fish back to the finance company