FOSTERING BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC

I'm Gonna Go Fishin'
Music by Duke Ellington 

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Bronze Family Fishin' - Daniel Island, SC (4 Nov. 2020)

1990 Celebratory Concert on the10th Anniversary of the
Brass Chamber Music Society of Annapolis

I'm Gonna Go Fishin'
arranged for brass quintet by
C. Warren Kellerhouse
especially for the
Annapolis Brass Quintet
Robert Suggs trumpet;  David Cran, trumpet;  
Sharon Tiebert, horn;  Wayne Wells, trombone;  Robert Posten, bass trombone


To listen to this 1990 performance of 
 I'm Gonna Go Fishin'

Duration: 2' 48"
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The Genesis of I'm Gonna Go Fishin'
This instrumental composition by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn was the main theme music for the 1959 crime film drama Anatomy of a Murder directed by Otto Preminger.  Ellington's soundtrack album was released by Columbia Records.  Lyrics were added slightly later by Peggy Lee as I'm Gonna Go Fishin'.

1. Woke up this morning, wanting to cry, then I remember,
yes, I know why, he's a real good one for having his cake
I'm gonna go fishin' or jump in the lake.

2. Yes, I'm gonna go fishing, that's what I'll do, think about nothing, not even you, catch a real big one, a big speckled trout  Snapping in the water, I'll pull him on out.

3. Sweet talking liar, spin me a yarn, tell me a story,
big as a barn, don't stop listening, I won't hear you out
I'm gonna go fishin' and catch me a trout.
4. If a man is a liar, a man is a fool, playing for keepers
and breaking the rule, he'll be the loser, yet she'll find out
I'm gonna go fishin' and catch me a trout.

5. Here in the water, look at him shine, there goes a big one,
that one is mine, catch up the reel now, I've got the feel now
Snapped onto my fly rod, I've got me a trout.

6. Sweet talking liar, you're in for a fall, you tell me a story,
you talk to the wall, don't go my way, I'm down the highway
I'm gonna go fishin' and catch me a trout.
Yes, I'm gonna go fishin' . . . I'm gonna go fishin'. . . I'm gonna go fishing' . . .
And get me some trout !
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​Recordings exist by Jane Harvey w/ Don Elliott (1959), Peggy Lee, Mel Tormé, Big Miller w/ Bob Florence, Chris Connor, Ella Fitzgerald w/ Nelson Riddle,  Four Freshmen, Annie Ross, Singers Unlimited, Jeanie Bryson, Connie Evingson, Dr. John, Jenny Evans, Maria Muldaur, Lezlie Anders & Buddy Greco, Joe Baker and his Barefoot Brakemen, Carol Welsman, Jessica Pilnäs, Virginie Teychené and now, Annapolis Brass Quintet.
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