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)