歌词
I went down to the fishing hole
我下到钓鱼洞
And I set down with my fishing pole
我拿着鱼竿坐了下来
Something grabbed my hook and it got my bait
有东西咬住了我的鱼钩，把我的鱼饵给钩住了
And it jerked me out in the middle of the lake
它把我拉到湖中央
Some jump I got sunk
它的跳跃令我掉进了水里
Baptized on credit
信用受洗
Fishing down on the muddy bank
在泥泞的河岸上垂钓
Felt a pull and give a big yank
感觉到一股拉力，猛地一拉
I hauled out three old rubber boots
我拖出了三只旧胶靴
And a Ford radiator and a Chevrolet coupe
还有一辆福特散热器和一辆雪佛兰小轿车
Handed it in for National Defence
交给国防部
Setting in a boat with a bucket of beer
坐在船上，手里拿着一桶啤酒
And I hadn't caught nothing but I didn't much care
我什么也没钓到，但也不怎么在乎
I guess I was pretty well satisfied
我想我相当满意
I had my little lady right by my side
我的小女儿就在我身边
Taking it easy just a-waiting
放松点，只需要等着就好
Worm been gone off that hook for couple hours
蠕虫已经从钩子上掉了几个小时了
You go fishing I'll tell you what to do
你去钓鱼，我来告诉你怎么做
You go set down by the grassy slough
你在长满青草的泥沼旁坐下
Take a piece of string and tie it on your pole
拿一根绳子系在你的杆子上
And throw it way out in the middle of the hole
把它扔到洞中央去
Find you a good shade tree and then just set down
给你找一棵阴凉的树，然后就坐下来
Go to sleep forget all about it
去睡觉吧，把它全忘了
Jumped in the river and went down deep
跳进河里，掉到很深的地方
There was a hundred pound catfish lying there asleep
有一条一百磅重的鲶鱼躺在那里睡着了
Jumped on his back and rode him into town
跳上他的背，骑着他进城
Saddled him up and I come to town
给他备好鞍具，我就进城了
People came running looking
人们跑来找
Dogs a-barking kids a-squalling
狗在叫，孩子在叫
Stagnate water's a stinking thing
停滞的水是一种发臭的东西
Slick on top and all turned green
顶部光滑，全部变成绿色
When the water goes bad the fish all run
水一变坏，鱼就全跑掉了
Sit all day and not catch a-one
整天坐着一个也抓不到
Cept old rubber boots you gots few little suckers
旧橡胶靴你有几个小吸盘
I waded out to a sandy bar
我涉水来到一个沙洲
And I caught myself a big alligator gar
我给自己抓了一只大鳄鱼
Brung him home across my back
背着他回家
Tail was dragging a mile and a half
尾巴拖着一英里半远
Flipping and flopping
胡乱蹦跶
Sold him for a quarter
以四分之一的价格把它卖了
Shot craps got in jail
枪毙的家伙进了监狱
Early one morning I took me a notion
一天清晨，我灵机一动
To go out a-fishing in the middle of the ocean
在大海中央去钓鱼
Throwed out my line I caught me a shark
我抛出钓索，钓到一条鲨鱼
I didn't get him home til way past dark
我一直到天黑才把他送回家
He a man-eater tough customer
他是个吃人的硬汉
Just wasn't quite tough enough
只是还不够强硬
Late last night I had me a dream
昨晚我做了一个梦
I was out fishing in a whiskey stream
我在威士忌河里钓鱼
Baited my hook with apple-jack
用苹果引诱我的鱼钩
Threw out a drink and bring a gallon back
扔掉饮料，带一加仑回来
Done pretty good til the creek run dry
干得不错，直到小河干枯
So I gave my fish back to the finance company
所以我把鱼还给了财务公司