Trout Fishing in America - Mine! lyrics

(D. Cooper)

Summer is coming, catfish are jumping,

The willows are weeping up the river,

Mandaddy's wagon comes rattling and dragging

His magical route.

He's bringing ghost stories and bright penny-whistles,

White Chinese muzzles 'n tins of glory.

Look on the horizon and see the dust rolling down the road.

Chorus: Well, my name is Mandaddy and I roam these hills.

I sing and I whistle and I'll cure your ills.

Oh Mandaddy, oh Mandaddy's gonna cure your ills,

Mandaddy's gonna cure your ills.

He walks like a farmer, talks like warm water,

Smells like tobacco and gun powder.

He's bringing red garters and bright copper kettles

And brown leather shoes.

He says,