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