Mama's Got the Catfish Blues

(Tom T. Hall)



I ain't had a bite cause the moon's too bright

I wish I had a big one or two

My crockline's set and my hooks're all wet

And mama's got the catfish blues.



Don't like to see her unhappy, she treats me like a water tree

I hate to see mama with the catfish blues

And the catfish're laying in the river asleep

There's a bottle of wine laying easy on my mind

I dug enough bait to catch a few

My reeling's wet but I cannot forget

Mama's got the catfish blues.



--- Instrumental ---



There's a turtle on the stump and the toadfrog jump

And I guess I copuld gig me a few

In settlin' fog I caught a big water dog

Mama's got the catfish blues.



Don't like to see her unhappy, she treats me like a water tree

I hate to see mama with the catfish blues

And the catfish're laying in the river asleep

There's a bottle of wine laying easy on my mind

I dug enough bait to catch a few

My reeling's wet but I cannot forget

Mama's got the catfish blues...