Title: American Old Time Song Lyrics
Subject: Traditional & Folk Music
Author: www.traditionalmusic.co.uk
Keywords: Old time music, American, oldtimey, bluegrass

We'd Any Amount Of Bites - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
WE'D ANY AMOUNT OF BITES. Copyright, 1892, by Hopwood & Crew. Written by Wal Pink. Composed by R. Tenuyson. 
A friend of mine, who's fishing mad, proposed that I should go With him to try a river where the fish enormous grow; Said he: "Now I'll find everything." Next morning we left town, Soon reached the river, fitted up, and directly we sat down. 
Chorus. We had any amount of bites, a score of 'em or more of 'em, Any amount-you couldn't count-the biting was so fast; Well, although we'd come out for bites, without a doubt, So many we had, I wad glad when I found we'd reached the last. 
I tired of feeding flsh and raid: "Come, let as feed ourselves"; But found that we'd forgotten all the victuals-wretched elves! We spied a picnic party that had come out for the day, We sneaked their largest pigeon pie, sat down, And then- hooray!- Chorus. 
But just as we were finishing, that picnic party came Unite unobserved upon the scene And spoiled our little game; We fled, but they had two big dogs-they let their mongrels go; We tried to jump the river, but those dogs caught us, And oh!- Chorus. 
In haste we sought a friendly inn, arriving there half dead. And drank so much they were compelled to put us both to bed; And although I was drunk, I'll swear that in our room that night They had some other lodgers, for, when they turned out the light- Chorus.