Worm been gone off-a that hook for a couple of hours)
Well, I jumped on his back and rode him all aroun'
(Was he a man-eater, tough customer)
I guess I was pretty well satisfied
(Kids a-squallin')
To go out fishin' in the middle of the ocean
Huh, it was some jump boy
(But he wasn't quite tough enough)
And I caught myself a big alligator gar
Late last night I had me a dream
And Jerked me out in the middle of the lake
Settin' in a boat with a bucket of beer
(I was busy)
(Nothin' but Junk so I handed it in for National Defence)
(Takin' it easy, just waitin'
Drug him home across my back
Baited my hook with apple-jack
I didn't get him home till way past dark
Early one mornin' I took me a notion
Go set down by the grassy dew
I got sunk, kinda baptized on credit
Fishin' down on th' muddy bank
Jumped in the river and went down deep
Somethin' grabb'd my hook and it got my bait
There was a hundred pound cat-fish lying there asleep
Find you a good shady tree and then just set down
I drug out three old rubber boots
Tail was dragging a mile and a half
Hadn't caught nothin' but didn't much care
(Go to sleep, forget all about it, can't catch nothin' here anyways)
Well, throwed me a line, I got me a shark
When you go fishin', tell y' what to do
Threw out a drink, drug a gallon back
Saddled him up and I came into town
I was out fishin' in a whiskey stream
Well, I walked out to a sandy bar
People came runnin', lookin', dogs a-barkin'
Flippin' an' floppin', I sold him for a quarter
A Ford radiator an' a Chevrolet coop
Throw it way out in th' middle of th' hole
Felt a pull an' give a big yank
Take a piece of string, tie it on yo' pole
Had my little woman right by my side
(Done pretty good till the creek run dry)
(Shot craps, got in Jall)
