Louis Jordan — Saturday Night Fish Fry

[Verse 1] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 3] 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 [Verse 4] We 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 fry [Chorus] 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 [Verse 5] 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 [Verse 6] Now, some of the chicks wore expensive frocks Some of them had on bobbie socks But everybody was nice and high At this particular Saturday night fish fry [Chorus] 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 [Verse 7] 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 [Verse 8] But all of the 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 9] Now the women was screamin' and jumpin' and yellin' The bottles was flyin', and the fish was smellin' And way above all the noise we made Somebody hollered, "Better get outta here, this is a raid!" [Verse 10] I didn't know we were breaking the law but Somebody reached over and hit me on the jaw Now they had us blocked off from front to back And they were puttin' 'em in the wagon like potato sacks [Chorus] 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 [Verse 11] 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 in under a bath tab When a policeman said, "Where are you goin' there, bub?" [Verse 12] Now they got us out of there like a house on fire And put us all in the black Mariah Now they might have missed a pitiful few But they got both me and my buddy too [Chorus] 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 [Verse 13] We headed for jail in a dazed condition They booked each one of us on suspicion Now my chick came down and with my bail And finally got me outta that rotten jail [Verse 14] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Outro] Give me one of them there fish sandwiches Get away from there boy Yowza!