saturday night fish fry

now if you've ever been down to new orleans, then you can understand just what i mean, all through the week it's quiet as a mouse, and on saturday night they go from house to house, you don't have to pay the usual admission, if you're a cook, 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' 'til the break of dawn, it was rockin', it was rockin', you never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til 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 lush little miss said, "come in, please", before we could even 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' 'til the break of dawn, it was rockin', it was rockin', you never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn, now the folks was havin' the time of their life, sam was jivin' jimmie's wife, over in the corner was a beat up grand, being played by a big fat piano man, now some of these folks wore expensive frocks, some of them had on bobbie socks, everybody was nice and high, at particular saturday night fish fry, it 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, now my buddy and me, we fell right in, we hollered, "let the joy begin", now we're thinking we could get a good place to play, but the party was already on the way, all of a sudden the lights went low, and everybody lay straight for the front door, man, i was so scared i didn't know where to go, i stood right there and i fell on the floor, it was rockin', it was rockin', i never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn, it was rockin', it was rockin', i never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn, now the women was screamin' and jumpin' and yellin', the bottles was flyin', and the fish was smellin', way up above all the noise we made, somebody hollered, "you better get outta here, this is a raid", i didn't know we was breaking the law, but somebody reached over and hit me on the jaw, they had us blocked off from front to back, 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' 'til the break of dawn, it was rockin', it was rockin', i never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn, i knew i could get away if i had a chance, but i was shakin' like i had that st. vitus dance, i tried to crawl in under a bath tab, when a policeman said, "where are you goin' there, bub?", now they got us out of there like a house on fire, they put us all in the black maria, 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' 'til the break of dawn, it was rockin', it was rockin', you never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn, well we headed for jail in a dazed condition, they booked each one of us on suspicion, my chick came down and went my bail, and finally got me outta that rotten jail, 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' 'til the break of dawn, it was rockin', it was rockin', you never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn