"Fishing Blues"
Single by Henry Thomas
Released1928
RecordedChicago, June 13, 1928
GenreTexas blues
Length2:44
LabelVocalion
Songwriter(s)Chris Smith
Henry Thomas singles chronology
"Bull-Doze Blues" / "Old Country Stomp"
(1928)
"Fishing Blues" / "Texas Worried Blues"
(1928)
"Arkansas"
(1928)

"Fishing Blues" (also "Fishin' Blues") is a blues song written in 1911 by Chris Smith, who is best known for "Ballin' the Jack". "Fishing Blues" was first recorded in 1928 by "Ragtime Texas" Henry Thomas on vocals and guitar with the introduction and breaks played on quills, a type of panpipe. It is Roud Folk Song Index No. 17692.[1]

The song ostensibly describes the pleasures of catching, cooking, and eating your own fish, particularly catfish. The refrain includes:

Here's a little somethin' I would like to relate,
Any fish bite, you've got good bait,
I'm a-goin' a-fishin', yes, I'm a-goin' a-fishin',
I'm a-goin' a-fishin' too.

Recordings

References

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