Me and brother Bill was goin' fishin' down to the river one day      Had a can of worms and a willer pole a big can of minners and a lot of sourdough      The fish were a bitin' we're gonna have fun      Then a big man come    and say I'm a game warden   And he chases me and brother Bill away      He said take 'em out of sack and throw them all back and the big man him did say      Boys you gotta have a license    yeah you gotta have a license      Well we asked him why and the man replied cause you gotta have a license      Me drivin' down the open highway passin' up a highway patrolman      Let me go right along and I'd a no do wrong trees go by me think like I'm a flyin'      I sing a little song and I have lot of fun   Then a whistle blow and fore I know the big man he rolled my way      Me pull 'em down and a hit a the ground   Shakin' so cause I have a know and the big man him do say   Boys you gotta have a license...      [ guitar ]      Well now I got a little gal and her name Emilou she makin' me feel a funny      Well I love that gal with a big lotta noise she gave me a kiss but she given no joy      Well me pretty young and I wanta lot of fun   Well she tell me no said a watch a my step she no wanta be today      She said don't I told you a lot of big times and the little girl her do say   Boy you gotta have a license yeah you gotta have a license      I asked her why and she repied cause you gotta have a license