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