LITTLE BOY FISHIN' OFF A WOODEN PIER
(Australian Traditional - Shirley Abicair / Bill Lovelock)

Shirley Abicair - 1956


Little boy fishin off a wooden pier
Come fish, bite fish, swim along here
Little boy wonder why the fish don't float
Little boy wanna buy a fishin boat

Little boy fishin off a wooden pier
Come fish, bite fish, swim along here
Little boy got to buy boat some way
Then he go fishin all the live long day

Dog fish, cat fish, any this or that fish
Please swim by my line
Can't catch shell fish, but I want to sell fish
Got to make some money for that boat of mine

Little boy dreaming with a secret smile
Some day sail away cannibal isle
Little boy wonder when his boat will come
Little boy slumber now the day is done

Dreaming is nothing if it ain't worth while
Keep on dreaming little man-child
Many a general would eat his hat
To give away talking and to do just that

Little boy richer than a millionaire
All he got is trouble and care
Soon enough little boy'll grow big man
Then he go fishing for the frying pan

Dog fish, cat fish, any this or that fish
Please swim by my line
Can't catch shell fish, but I want to sell fish
Got to make some money for that boat of mine

Little boy fishin off a wooden pier
Come fish, bite fish, swim along here
Little boy sleepy and he sail away
In his dreamboat down to Blanket Bay