The old man he catches the fish in the morning He rides the river every day I sit on the bank and I holler when he passes "Hey, old man, are they bitin' today?" I wake up in the morning, thinkin' 'bout my troubles I go down to the water and they pass away And when the old man comes a-floatin' down the river "Hey, old man, are they bitin' today?" "Hey, old man, are they bitin' today?" Now here we've got a thing that keeps on rollin' It ain't heavy, don't take it that way The old man and me, we got a good thing goin' He catches fish and I sit all day He catches fish and I sit all day