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A Bad Day’s Fishing Lyrics by Slim Dusty

Looking Forward Looking Back

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Well the fish ain't bitin' but the 'skeeters are
Little buggers gone hidin', they don't wanna get caught
Too nice a day to be dangle on the end of a line
But a bad days fishin' beats a good days work everytime
Little ole worm around a big ole hook
He don't mind the water in this babbling brook
Just swimmin' around an' havin' a flammin' good time
He knows a bad days fishin' beats a good days work everytime
Well a bad days fishin' ain't a bad day at all
Just as long as you're a-wettin' the line
When the man in the boat is a tallying up
He gonna look down at you and youll smile
Hell say (A bad days fishing is good for your soul
So I decided to the end of your life.)
And a bad days fishin' beats a good days work everytime
Well the fish swim by and say to the worm
Tell the fool up there, he's a-gonna get burned
Sleeping in the sun like that mate, he's gonna fry
He knows a bad days fishin' beats a good day's work everytime."
Well a bad days fishin' ain't a bad day at all
Just as long as you're a-wettin' the line
When the man in the boat is a tallying up
He gonna look down at you and youll smile
Hell say (A bad days fishing is good for your soul
So I decided to the end of your life.)
Hey! a bad day's fishin' beats a good days work everytime
Well a bad days fishin' ain't a bad day at all
Just as long as you're a-wettin' the line
When the man in the boat is a tallying up
He gonna look down at you and youll smile
Hell say (A bad days fishing is good for your soul
So I decided to the end of your life.)
And a bad days fishin' beats a good days work
And a bad days fishin' beats a good days work
And a bad days fishin' beats a good days work everytime
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Slim Dusty

Slim Dusty

About “A Bad Day’s Fishing” by Slim Dusty

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"A Bad Day’s Fishing" appears on "Looking Forward Looking Back".

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