Well I went down to the fishing hole
And I set down with my fishing pole
Somethin' grabb'd my hook, got my bait
Jerked me out in the middle of the lake
Saw him jump
I got sunk, baptized on credit
Fishin' down on th' muddy bank
I felt a pull an' give a big yank
I hauled out three old rubber boots
A Ford radiator an' a Chevrolet coop
Handed 'em in for National Defence
Settin' in a boat with a bucket of beer
I didn't catch nothin' but I didn't much care
I guess I's pretty well satisfied
Had my little woman waitin' by my side
Takin' it easy, just waitin'
Worm been gone off that hook couple hours
If you go fishin', I'll tell y' what to do
Go set down by the grassy dew
Take a piece of string, tie it on yo' pole
Throw it way out in th' middle of th' hole
Find you a good shady tree, set down
Go to sleep, forget all about it
I jumped in the river, I went down deep
Saw a hundred pound cat-fish layin' there asleep
I jumped on his back and rode him all aroun'
Saddled him up and I'd come to town
People came runnin', lookin', dogs a-barkin'
Kids a-squallin', old folks fartin'
Well, I walked out to a sandy bar
And I caught myself a big alligator gar
Brought him home across my back
Tail was draggin' 'bout a mile and a half
Flippin' an' floppin', I sold him for a quarter
Shot c***s, got in jail
Early one mornin' I took me a notion
To go out fishin' in the middle of the ocean
I threw out my line, got me a shark
I didn't get him home till way past dark
Man-eater, tough customer, but he wasn't quite tough enough
Late last night I had me a dream
I was out fishin' in a whiskey stream
I baited my hook with some Applejack
Threw out a drink and brought a gallon back
Done pretty good till the creek went dry
Hadda give my fish back to the finance company
And I set down with my fishing pole
Somethin' grabb'd my hook, got my bait
Jerked me out in the middle of the lake
Saw him jump
I got sunk, baptized on credit
Fishin' down on th' muddy bank
I felt a pull an' give a big yank
I hauled out three old rubber boots
A Ford radiator an' a Chevrolet coop
Handed 'em in for National Defence
Settin' in a boat with a bucket of beer
I didn't catch nothin' but I didn't much care
I guess I's pretty well satisfied
Had my little woman waitin' by my side
Takin' it easy, just waitin'
Worm been gone off that hook couple hours
If you go fishin', I'll tell y' what to do
Go set down by the grassy dew
Take a piece of string, tie it on yo' pole
Throw it way out in th' middle of th' hole
Find you a good shady tree, set down
Go to sleep, forget all about it
I jumped in the river, I went down deep
Saw a hundred pound cat-fish layin' there asleep
I jumped on his back and rode him all aroun'
Saddled him up and I'd come to town
People came runnin', lookin', dogs a-barkin'
Kids a-squallin', old folks fartin'
Well, I walked out to a sandy bar
And I caught myself a big alligator gar
Brought him home across my back
Tail was draggin' 'bout a mile and a half
Flippin' an' floppin', I sold him for a quarter
Shot c***s, got in jail
Early one mornin' I took me a notion
To go out fishin' in the middle of the ocean
I threw out my line, got me a shark
I didn't get him home till way past dark
Man-eater, tough customer, but he wasn't quite tough enough
Late last night I had me a dream
I was out fishin' in a whiskey stream
I baited my hook with some Applejack
Threw out a drink and brought a gallon back
Done pretty good till the creek went dry
Hadda give my fish back to the finance company