I dug through Sharp's EFSSA and found this:

Lyr. Add: THE SHAD

Bait a hook to catch a shad,
The first thing he bit was my old Dad.

Pulled her away with all my might,
Trying for to get the old man out.

Fishpole broke and I got mad
And down to the bottom went old Dad.

Notes: Sung by Mrs. Laura V. Donald at Dewey, Va. June 10, 1918. From Cecil Sharp's EFSSA (with tune: pentatonic mode, G major).