The Lucky Fisherman

"The Lucky Fisherman" is the title song of a movie from Frankie's Paint-Along Songs feature in JumpStart Artist.

Starring in the movie is Hopsalot's cousin Jack, and it takes place in China. In the song, Jack fishes a talking fish out of the water. In return for letting him go, Jack is taken by him into his world and gives him a chest of jewels, but decides to drop them and help a crab who is stuck in kelp. He has lost and forgotten about his treasure, but when he gets home, he finds the fish and treasure (and more coins) in his house.

Lyrics
In China in the village by the sea

A fisherman was fishing neath a tree

He set down his lucky net

And when he pulled it up

What did he see?

A talking fish?

"Good fisherman, I beg you let me go"

The fisherman said, "Fine it will be so"

"I'm free! Come and follow me

into my world of wonder way below"

The fisherman held his nose and jumped on in

And what he found below gave him a grin

"Wow cool. A chest of shining jewels"

The fishy said, "Their yours". And waved his fin

The fisher took the jewels and swam away

But as he swam, he heard somebody say

"Help! help!"

And stuck among the kelp

He saw a little crab who lost his way

The fisher dropped the jewels and they were lost

He had to help the crab at any cost

One crab. He saved that little crab

And forgot about the treasure that he tossed

But when he made it home that very day

He saw something amazing on display

Here. There. Riches everywhere.

I guess the fishing wasn't bad today

Hey. I guess the fishing wasn't bad today.