Fishtrap Joe - Bearfoot

I’ll tell you the story of a man named Fishtrap Joe

Fishin' northern waters was a dream he’d always known

He packed his bags and headed for the frontier of the north

To fish the cold and stormy seas where fate could run its course

He bought a net and a fishing boat to the sandbars he did go

The silver fish he sought to catch for dreams he’d now know

Many seasons passed and his body’s growing old

No longer can he fish the seas, his age has taken toll

Bones, bones, bones is all I see

They’re all that’s left of Fishtrap Joe, the man from Tennessee

Joe, he found a job at the fish trap by the slough

He’d watch the trap with his .44 to keep the robbers from its loot

Then one night they came and gettin' salmon on their minds

They shot him down, took his fish, and towed his boat behind

They through his body in a cave and set his boat adrift

They left him there with his .44 still around his hip

The sheriff found the drift and thought that Joe had drowned

And the robbers?

Well, they got away, for his boat had not been found

Bones, bones, bones is all I see

They’re all that’s left of Fishtrap Joe, the man from Tennessee

Bones, bones, bones is all I see

They’re all that’s left of Fishtrap Joe, the man from Tennessee

Bones, bones

His body’s buried in the cave, he’ll never fish again

Forty years had passed since his murder had been done

Two boys were playing on the beach where water falled a gun

The cave was at the bottom, the tide it was low

They found him there with his .44 where he’d died so long ago

Bones, bones, bones are all I know

They’re all that’s left of Fishtrap Joe, who was murdered long ago

Bones, bones, bones are all I know

They’re all that’s left of Fishtrap Joe, who was murdered long ago

They’re all that’s left of Fishtrap Joe, who was murdered long ago