The smelt are a running the feverâs in the airThe smelters are coming with their waders and beerThereâs toivo and eino in their pickup truckThey got alma and martha in case they get stuckAnd the boys from the college they all come by hereTheyâre eating their raw smelt and drinking their beerThey all go so crazy they got nothing to loseThey fall in the river and throw up on their shoesChorus:Everybodyâs going smeltingEverybodyâs going smeltingEverybodyâs going smeltingSmelting u.s.a.And those downstate boys in their winnebagoâsAre fishing for big smelt with their fishing polesThey love us yoopers and they donât give a damnIf we drink all their beers and eat all their spam(repeat chorus)Yah the smelt are a running the feverâs everywhereSo patch up your waders its that time of yearPick up a six-pack and dust off the netAnd head for the river its fun ya you betcha