W'EN de sun's gone down, an' de moon is riz, Bin a-fishin'! Bin a-fishin'! It's I's aguine down wha' the by-o is! Bin a-fishin' all night long! CHORUS Bin a-fishin'! Bin a-fishin'! Bin a-fishin' clean fum de dusk of night Twel away 'long on in de mornin' light. Bait my hook, un I plunk her down! Bin a-fishin'! Un I lay dat catfish weigh five pound! Bin a-fishin' all night long! CHORUS Folks tells me ut a sucker won't bite, Bin a-fishin'! Bin a-fishin'! Yit I lif' out fo' last Chuesday night, Bin a-fishin' all night long! CHORUS Little fish nibble un de big fish come; Bin a-fishin'! Bin a-fishin'! "Go way, little fish! I want some!" Bin a-fishin' all night long! CHORUS Sez de bullfrog, "D-runk!" sez de ole owl "Whoo!" Bin a-fishin'! Bin a-fishin'! 'Spec, Mr. Nigger, dey's a-meanin' you, Bin a-fishin' all night long! CHORUS | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MIDSUMMER FROST (2) by ISAAC ROSENBERG THE MEDITATION OF THE OLD FISHERMAN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE PITY OF LOVE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS STANZAS, ON THE DEATH OF LIEUT. P. by BERNARD BARTON VERSES FOUND IN A SUMMER HOUSE AT HALES-OWEN by GEORGE GORDON BYRON MOONLIGHT IN MAY by CHARLES JULIEN LIOULT DE CHENEDOLLE |