Catfish Rag (Words by Larry Long & Clay Roiness: Music by Clay Riness)

From the Album Troubadour

I’m a big catfish
I would make a dandy dish
You won’t catch me
I’m in the water can’t you see
Swimming on the muddy bottom
All the goodies, why I got ‘em
Ain’t about to bite your hook
Or my body you will cook

No, you won’t catch me
‘Less you get me on a snag
I’m a wily old catfish
Doing the waterfront rag

Tell me how would you feel
If I cooked for a meal
If I threw in a pan
Cut off your feet and hands
If I peeled off your skin
Sliced you up and threw you in
Into a pan without your guts
You’d think I was nuts

No, you won’t catch me
‘Less you get me on a snag
I’m a wily old catfish
Doing the waterfront rag

People are so very funny
Chasing after all their money
Working all the time
Trying to feed me a line
Ain’t about to bite your worm
Even if it likes to squirm
Because I ain’t that dumb, dumb, dumb
I’d love to bite you thumb, thumb, thumb

No, you won’t catch me
‘Less you get me on a snag
I’m a wily old catfish
Doing the waterfront rag

Me I’m not quite as big
As a cow or a pig
As a horse or a dog
But I’m bigger than a frog
Love to roll in the mud
With the garbage and the crud
Love to live in the water
With the beaver and the otter

No, you won’t catch me
‘Less you get me on a snag
I’m a wily old catfish
Doing the waterfront rag

Me I got a couple kids
By the name of Liz and Sid
If you do jump in
I’m gonna thwap you with my fin
I can give a little sting
If you grab the wrong thing
If you make me mad
I’m gonna taste real bad

No, you won’t catch me
Less you get me on a snag
I’m a wily old catfish
Doing the waterfront rag

Words by Clay Rinness & Larry Long
Music by Clay Rinness

Copyright Clay Rinness & Larry Long 1983 BMI

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