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Now if you've ever been down to |
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New Orleans |
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Then you can understand just what |
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I meanAll 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, 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Miss said, "Come in, please"' |
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Fore 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' |
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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 |
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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 above all the noise we made |
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Somebody hollered, "You better get outta here, this is a raid" |
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I didn't know we was breakin' the law |
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Till somebody reached over and he hit me on the jaw |
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They had us blocked off from front to back |
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They was puttin' 'em in the wagon like potatoes in a sack |
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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 |
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I had a chance |
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But I was shakin' like |
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I had the |
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St. Vitus dance |
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So I tried to crawl in under a bath tab |
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When a policeman said, "Where are you goin' there, bub?" |
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Now they got us out of there like a house on fire |
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Put us all in the black maria |
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Now they might have missed a pitiful few |
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But they got both 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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Well, 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 paid my bail |
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And finally got me outta 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 |
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Saturday night fish fry |
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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 |
