[Pre-Chorus: Taj Mahal/Henry Saint Clair Fredericks]
Bet your going fishing all of the time
Baby going fishing too
Bet your life, your sweet wife
Will catch more fish than you

[Chorus: Taj Mahal]
Many fish bites if you got good bait
Here's a little tip that I would like to relate
Many fish bites if you got good bait
I'm a going fishing, yes I'm going fishing
And my baby going fishing too

[Verse 1: Taj Mahal]
I went on down to my favorite fishing hole
Baby grabbed me a pole and a line
Throwed my pole on in, caught a nine pound catfish
You know I brought him home for supper time
Proving any fish bites if you got good bait
Here's a little tip that I would like to relate

[Chorus: Taj Mahal]
Many fish bites if you've got good bait
I'm a going fishing, yes I'm going fishing
And my baby goin' fishin' too
[Verse 2: Taj Mahal]
Baby brother 'bout to run me up out of my mind
Saying, "Can I go fishing with you?"
I took him on down to the fishing hole
Now, what do you think that he did do?
Pulled a great big fish out the bottom of the pond
Now he laughed and jumped cause he was real gone

[Chorus: Taj Mahal]
Many fish bites if you've got good bait
I'm a going fishing, yes I'm going fishing
And my baby goin' fishin' too

[Verse 3: Taj Mahal]
Put him in the pot baby, put him in the pan
Honey, cook him 'til he's nice and brown
Make a batch of buttermilk hoecakes Mama
And you chew them things and you chomp 'em on down
Singing any fish bites if you got good bait
Here's a little tip that I would like to relate

[Chorus: Taj Mahal]
Many fish bites if you got good bait
I'm a going fishing, yes I'm going fishing
And my baby going fishing too
Play the blues...

[Guitar Solo]

[Pre-Chorus: Taj Mahal]
Bet you're going fishing all of the time
Baby going fishing too
Bet your life, your sweet wife
She going to catch more fish than you

[Chorus: Taj Mahal]
Many fish bites if you got good bait
Oh, here's a little tip that I would like to relate
Many fish bites if you got good bait
I'm a going fishing, mama's going fishing
And the baby going fishing too