Are you sleeping
Are you sleeping
Brother John
Brother John
Morning bells are ringing
Morning bells are ringing
Ding, ding, dong
Ding, ding, dong
Wake up, wake up (Are you sleeping)
Gotta get goin' (Are you sleeping)
Goin' fishin' (Brother John)
Goin' fishin' (Brother John)
Get up, get up (Morning bells are ringing)
Gotta get gone (Morning bells are ringing)
Goin' fishin' (Ding, ding, dong)
Goin' fishin' (Ding, ding, dong)
Catfish are hidden
It's early morn
Come on, Johnny
I'll get the worms
Bamboo poles
Hung over our backs
Keep the skeeters off
With an old straw hat
Gotta check the lines
We left last night
Gonna find out
If we had a bite
Then we'll hop in the boat
Push away from shore
Row to the middle
And catch up some more
Wake up, wake up (Are you sleeping)
Gotta get goin' (Are you sleeping)
Goin' fishin' (Brother John)
Goin' fishin' (Brother John)
Get up, get up (Morning bells are ringing)
Gotta get gone (Morning bells are ringing)
Goin' fishin' (Ding, ding, dong)
Goin' fishin' (Ding, ding, dong)
When Mama starts ringin'
The breakfast bell
We'll have a mess of catfish
Near as I can tell
Hungry, tired
And plenty hot
Rowin' back to shore
With the fish we caught
Walkin' on home
The stringer on our backs
Thinkin' 'bout pancakes
Great big stacks
But the fish are heavy
And the road looks long
We'll help make it shorter
By singin' a song
A fishin' we will go
A fishin' we will go
We'll catch a fish and put him in a dish
And then we'll let him go
A fishin' we will go
A fishin' we will go
We'll catch a fish and put him in a dish
And then we'll let him go
Wake up, wake up (A fishin' we will go)
Gotta get goin' (A fishin' we will go)
Goin' fishin' (We'll catch a fish and put him in a dish)
Goin' fishin' (And then we'll let him go)
Get up, get up (Are you sleeping)
Gotta get gone (Are you sleeping)
Goin' fishin' (Brother John)
Goin' fishin' (Brother John)
Wake up, wake up (Morning bells are ringing)
Gotta get goin' (Morning bells are ringing)
Goin' fishin' (Ding, ding, dong)
Goin' fishin' (Ding, ding, dong)
Get up, get up (Are you sleeping)
Gotta get gone (Are you sleeping)
Goin' fishin' (Brother John)
Goin' fishin' (Brother John)
Wake up, wake up (Morning bells are ringing)
Gotta get goin' (Morning bells are ringing)
Goin' fishin' (Ding, ding, dong)
Goin' fishin' (Ding, ding, dong)