How about this oldie from the 1660s?

THE ANGLER'S SONG

Man's life is but vain,
For 'tis subject to pain,
And sorrow and short as a bubble,
'Tis a hodgepodge of business and money and care,
And money and trouble.

But we'll take no care,
When the weather proves fair,
Nor will we vex now though it rain,
We'll banish all sorrow and sing till tomorrow,
And angle and angle again.

By Isaak Walton. There is a tune by Henry Lawes.
Sapper

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