Spear Me a Sturgeon

Hey there guy! Every year me and the guys

Take a week off work in late February

And hit old Lake Winnebago to try and get us a sturgeon

They're pretty rare so you don't see many if any

But the fellas and I devised a good luck song that helped me last year

And it goes like this

I'm gonna spear me a sturgeon, get me a sturgeon

Hit me a sturgeon with the spear!

And while I'm waiting to spear me a sturgeon

I think I'll drink one more beer!

Well it was late February out on the lake

Got the ice saw off the truck - cut out a big ice cake

Slid the shanty over, and stocked a snowbank with beer

Turned on the little heater and I hung up my spear

Well I'm the best sturgeon spearer on the whole lake

And when I go home tonight I'm eating sturgeon steak!

I just gotta be patient and wait for the slaughter

I opened a beer and started to peer into de murky green water

I'm gonna spear me a sturgeon, get me a sturgeon

Hit me a sturgeon with the spear!

And while I'm waiting to spear me a sturgeon

I think I'll drink one more beer!

About five hours later, my eyes were getting sore

I knew Charlie had a grill at his shanty next door

We grilled a half o' dozen brats and swapped a story or two

After some bull, some brew and brats I knew de time was past due

I said an 80 pounder's what I'm gonna bushwhack

So's I better header back to my own ice shack!

As I stepped inside, a big lunker swam by

I said holy crap fish! You best prepare to die!

I threw with all my might and says Cripes, I think I got him!

But the spear veered to the left and stuck into de bottom

The lunker swam away as I let out a cry

With a tear, another beer, I was teed off guy!

I'm gonna spear me a sturgeon, get me a sturgeon

Hit me a sturgeon with the spear!

And while I'm waiting to spear me a sturgeon

I think I'll drink one more beer!

Well I felt a little better after four more beers

So I got myself together and I wiped up my tears

Then I saw a shadow deep down in the dark

To my surprise it was the size of a great white shark!

I aimed and threw the spear dead square in his back

It took a 20-minute fight to get that thing in de shack!

At the registration center it weighed 202

I said now that's a trophy sturgeon and I ordered a brew!

I'm gonna spear me a sturgeon, get me a sturgeon

Hit me a sturgeon with the spear!

And I'm glad that I just speared me a sturgeon

Cause I just ran out of beer!

Everybody now!

I'm gonna spear me a sturgeon, get me a sturgeon

Hit me a sturgeon with the spear!

And I'm glad that I just speared me a sturgeon

Cause I just ran out of beer!