You can hear this on YouTube: FISHERMAN'S LUCK As sung by The Dixon Brothers, 1937. One day I went a-fishin' and I used a frog for bait. I slung it in the water and I pulled me out a snake. I had me a bottle o' moonshine to keep me feeling right. You should have been a-watchin'; well, it was an awful sight. I pulled his mouth wide open and I poured some whiskey in, And then I turned that snake a-loose and I used my frog again. I caught me a great big jackfish, but one thing I did hate: That doggone greedy pounder(?) had gobbled down my bait. I then got busy thinking, and I got to feeling blue. I could not find another frog and I didn't know what to do. I soon got tired of thinking and I leaned against a tree. I was calmly smoking when something come to me. It touched me on the shoulder; I looked around to see, That doggone water rattler had come to trade with me. Frogs I think a dozen, he brought them to the bank, There where I was a-fishin', to trade them in for drink. The frogs was all around me; the snake coiled(?) on the ground. He smiled and winked his eye at me and he drank my whiskey down. Now this will end my story; that rattler headed south. He crawled away so happy with my bottle in his mouth. Spotify has recordings by— Mike Seeger on "Old Time Country Music" (1962) Roy Harper & Johnny Beller on "Memphis Music & Heritage Festival: Live 1989 Highlights" (There are other songs with the same title.)
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