SOME DAYS THERE JUST AIN'T NO FISH
(Bob Russell / Carl Sigman)

Hoagy Carmichael - 1947
The King Sisters - 1947
Pearl Bailey - 1947
Roy Hamilton - 1959


(Ain't no fish, ain't no flounder, ain't no tuna, ain't no fish)

Holy mac-ker-al!
Some days there just ain't no fish (Ain't no perch)
Ain't no flounder, you flounder for fish (Ain't no fish)
And although at times you get a messful
Other days are less successful
Some days there just ain't no fish

(Ain't no fish, ain't no fish)
Some days will start mighty fine (With a splash)
With a nibble that tugs at your line (Mighty fine)
But you reel it in to find you've caught
A beat-up shoe that's a-leakin' water
Some days there just ain't no fish

Tomorrow is unpredictable, so it may be sound advice
To put away some extra fish on ice
Holy mac-ker-al!
Wish for a catch ev'ry day and you're wasting a wish
For some days there just ain't no fish

(Ain't no fish, ain't no perch, don't get left in the lurch)
Holy mac-ker-al
(Some days you throw out your bait)
(And the World is your oyster, with pearls on your plate)
Doin' great!
Other times you may play all the angles
Still your line just dingle-dangles
Some days there just ain't no fish

(Tomorrow is unpredictable, so it may be sound advice)
(To put away some extra fish on ice)
Holy mac-ker-al!
Wish for a catch ev'ry day and you're wasting a wish
For some days there just ain't no fish
Some days there just ain't no fish
(Tuna, barracuda, pick-er-all huntin' gound until you're sick-er-all)
Holy mac-ker-al!
Some days there just ain't no fish


(Transcribed from the Hoagy Carmichael
recording by Mel Priddle - November 2005)