The Andy Griffith Show
The Fishin Hole lyrics by Everett Sloane, music by Earle Hagen & Herbert Spencer
Original Air Dates: 1960 - 1968 (CBS)
Location: Mayberry (fictitious), North Carolina
(Mayberry is generally considered to be based on Griffith‘s home town of Mt. Airy, NC)
LYRICS (never aired)
Well, now, take down your fishin pole and meet me at the fishin hole,
We may not get a bite all day, but don’t you rush away.
What a great place to rest your bones and mighty fine for skippin stones,
You’ll feel fresh as a lemonade, a-settin in the shade.
Whether it’s hot, whether it’s cool, oh what a spot for whistlin like a fool.
What a fine day to take a stroll & wander by The fishin hole,
I can’t think of a better way to pass the time o’ day.
We’ll have no need to call the roll when we get to The fishin hole,
There’ll be you, me, and Old Dog Trey, to doodle time away.
If we don’t hook a perch or bass, we’ll cool our toes in dewy grass,
Or else pull up a weed to chaw, and maybe set and jaw.
Hangin around, takin our ease,
watchin that hound a-scratchin at his fleas.
Come on, take down your fishin pole and meet me at The fishin hole,
I can’t think of a better way to pass the time o’ day.