Fisherman's Chant, The

Oh, the fisherman is a happy wight!     He dibbles by day, and he sniggles by night.     He trolls for fish, and he trolls his lay,     He sniggles by night, and he dibbles by day.         Oh, who so merry as he!         On the river or the sea!             Sniggling,             Wriggling             Eels, and higgling             Over the price             Of a nice             Slice             Of fish, twice             As much as it ought to be.     Oh, the fisherman is a happy man!     He dibbles, and sniggles, and fills his can!     With a sharpened hook, and a sharper eye,     He sniggles and dibbles for what comes by,         Oh, who so merry as he!         On the river or the sea!     Dibbling     Nibbling     Chub, and quibbling     Over the price     Of a nice     Slice     Of fish, twice     As much as it ought to be.