I went down to the fishing hole, 
And I set down with my fishing pole; 
Somethin' grabb'd my hook and it got my bait 
And Jerked me out in the middle of the lake. 
Huh it was some jump boy, 
I got sunk, kinda baptized on credit.

Fishin' down on th' muddy bank, 
Felt a pull an' give a big yank, 
I drug out three old rubber boots, 
A Ford radiator an' a Chevrolet coop 
(Nothin' but Junk, so I handed it in 
For National Defence).

Settin' in a boat with a bucket of beer,
Hadn't caught nuthin' but didn't much care,
I guess I was pretty well satisfied, 
Had my little woman right by my side 
(Takin' it easy, just waitin' 
Worm been gone off-a that hook for a couple of hours. 
I was busy).

When you go fishin', 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 and then just set down. 
(Go to sleep, forget all about it 
Can't catch nuthin' here anyways.)

Well I walked out to a sandy bar, 
And I caught myself a big alligator gar, 
Drug him home across my back, 
Tail was dragging a mile and a half, 
Flippin' an' floppin'. I sold him for a quarter. 
(Shot craps, got in Jall.)

Jumped in the river and went down deep, 
There was a hundred pound cat-fish lying there asleep, 
Well I jumped on his back and rode him all aroun' 
Saddled him up and I came into town.
People came runnin', lookin', dogs a-barkin' 
(Kids a-squallin').

Early one mornin' I took me a notion, 
To go out fishin' in the middle of the ocean, 
Well, throwed me a line, I got me a shark, 
I didn't get him home till way past dark. 
(Was he a 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, 
Baited my hook with apple-jack, 
Threw out a drink, drug a gallon back. 
(Done pretty good till the creek run dry. 
I give the fish back to the finance company.)