Louis Jordan - Saturday Night Fish Fry lyrics

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 house 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 pa**in' 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" And 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 And Sam was jivin' Jimmie's wife And over in the corner was a beat up grand Being played by a big fat piano man Now 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 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 And we hollered, "Let the joy begin!" Now we figured this was a good place to play 'Cause the party was already under way But 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 floor 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 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 sacks 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 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 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 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 We 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 jail 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 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