Talking Fishing Blues lyrics
Song information
Artist: Woody Guthrie Album: This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Volume 1
Lyrics
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.)
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"This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Volume 1" album track list
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