| Fishing Blues | |
| Cover: | HenryThomas-FishingBlues.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Henry Thomas |
| Released: | 1928 |
| Recorded: | Chicago, June 13, 1928 |
| Genre: | Texas blues |
| Length: | 2:44 |
| Label: | Vocalion |
| Prev Title: | Bull-Doze Blues |
| Prev Title2: | Old Country Stomp |
| Prev Year: | 1928 |
| Title2: | Texas Worried Blues |
| Next Title: | Arkansas |
| Next Year: | 1928 |
"Fishing Blues" (also "Fishin' Blues") is a blues song written in 1911 by Chris Smith, who is best known for "Ballin' the Jack".[1] "Fishing Blues" was first recorded in 1928 by "Ragtime Texas" Henry Thomas on vocals and guitar with the introduction and breaks played on quills, a type of panpipe. It is Roud Folk Song Index No. 17692.[2]
The song ostensibly describes the pleasures of catching, cooking, and eating your own fish, particularly catfish. The refrain includes: