As To Fishin’

Yew can’t ketch fish where there ain’t no fish

     To ketch, remember that;

An’ yew’ve got to hev some bites besides

     The bite beneath yewr hat.

An' the bait yew use hez got to be

     A bait more solid like

Than the kind yew bring in a flask

     To git a single strike.

An’ the lie yew tell when you git back home

     Hez got to be, I say,

A beeter lie than the ol’ stan’-by:

     “The big ones got away.”

Feb. 28, ‘06