Saturday Night Fish Fry

Now if you 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 houseYou 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 FryIt was rockin', it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

It was rockin', it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawnNow 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 StreetWe knocked on the door and it opened with ease

And a lush little miss said, "Come in, please"

And before we could even bat an eye

We were right in the middle of a big fish fryIt was rockin', it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

It was rockin', it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawnNow the folks was havin' the time of their life

And Sam was jivin' Jimmie's wife

And over in the corner was a beat up grand

Being played by a big fat piano manNow 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 FryIt was rockin', it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

It was rockin', it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawnNow 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 under wayBut 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 floorIt was rockin', it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

It was rockin', it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawnNow the women were 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!"I didn't know we was breakin' the law

But somebody reached over and hit me on the jaw

They had us blocked off from the front to the back

And they was puttin' 'em in the wagon like potato sacksIt was rockin', it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

It was rockin', it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawnI 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 afire

Put us all in that Black Maria

Now, they might have missed a pitiful few

But they got poor me and my buddy tooIt was rockin', it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

It was rockin', it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawnWe 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 jailNow 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 meIt was rockin', it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

It was rockin', it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn