Now, if you've ever been down to
New Orleans
Then you can understand just what
I mean,
Now all through the week it's quiet
as a mouse,
But on Saturday night, they go
from house to house;
You don't have to pay the usual
admission
If you're a cook or a waiter or
a good musician.
So if you happen to be just passin'
by
Stop in at the Saturday night fish
fry!
It was rockin'! It was rockin'!
You never seen such scufflin' and
shufflin' till the break of dawn!
It was rockin'! It was rockin'!
You never seen such scufflin' and
shufflin' till the break of dawn!
Now, my buddy and me was on the
main stem,
Foolin' around, just me and him,
We decided we could use a little
something to eat,
So we went to a house on Rampart
Street;
We knocked on the door and it opened
with ease,
And a loose little miss said, "Come
in please,"
And before we could bat an eye,
We were right in the middle of
a big fish fry!
It was rockin'! It was rockin'!
You never seen such scufflin' and
shufflin' till the break of dawn!
It was rockin'! It was rockin'!
You never seen such scufflin' and
shufflin' till the break of dawn!
Now the folks was havin' the time
of their life,
And Sam was jivin' Jimmy's wife,
And over in the corner was a beat-up
grand
Being played by a big, fat piano
man!
Some of the chicks wore expensive
frocks,
Some of them had on bobby socks,
But everybody was nice and high
At this particular Saturday night
fish fry!
It was rockin'! It was rockin'!
You never seen such scufflin' and
shufflin' till the break of dawn!
It was rockin'! It was rockin'!
You never seen such scufflin' and
shufflin' till the break of dawn!
Now, my buddy and me, we fell right
in,
And we hollered, "Let the joy begin!"
Now, we figured this was a good
place to play,
'Cause the party was already underway;
But all of a sudden the lights
went low,
And everybody made straight for
the front door,
Man, I was so scared I didn't know
where to go,
I stood right there, then I fell
on the floor!
It was rockin'! It was rockin'!
You never seen such scufflin' and
shufflin' till the break of dawn!
It was rockin'! It was rockin'!
You never seen such scufflin' and
shufflin' till the break of dawn!
Now, the women was screamin' and
jumpin' and yellin',
The bottles was flyin' and the
fish was smellin';
And way up above all the noise
they made,
Somebody hollered, "Better get
out of here; this is a raid!"
Now, I didn't know we was breakin'
the law,
But somebody reached up and hit
me on the jaw,
They had us blocked off from the
front and the back,
And they was puttin' 'em in the
wagon like potatoes in a sack.
It was rockin'! It was rockin'!
You never seen such scufflin' and
shufflin' till the break of dawn!
It was rockin'! It was rockin'!
You never seen such scufflin' and
shufflin' till the break of dawn!
I knew I could get away if I had
a chance,
But I was shakin' like I had the
St. Vitus dance,
Now, I tried to crawl under a bathtub,
When the policeman said, "Where
you goin' there, bub?"
Now, they got us out of there like
a house on fire,
Put us all in that Black Maria,
Now, they might have missed a pitiful
few,
But they got both me and my buddy,
too!
It was rockin'! It was rockin'!
You never seen such scufflin' and
shufflin' till the break of dawn!
It was rockin'! It was rockin'!
You never seen such scufflin' and
shufflin' till the break of dawn!
We headed for jail in a dazed condition,
They booked each one of us on suspicion;
Now my chick came down and went
for my bail,
And finally got me out of that
rotten jail;
Now, if you ever want to get a
fist in your eye,
Just mention a Saturday night fish
fry!
I don't care how many fish in the
sea,
But don't ever mention a fish to
me!
It was rockin'! It was rockin'!
You never seen such scufflin' and
shufflin' till the break of dawn!
It was rockin'! It was rockin'!
You never seen such scufflin' and
shufflin' till the break of dawn!
[Spoken]
Give me one of them there fish sandwiches!
Get away from there, boy!
Yowza!
Published 9/25/99.
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