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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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And 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 |
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Saturday Night |
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Fish FryIt was rockin', it was rockin' |
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You never seen such scufflin' 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' 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 with ease |
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And a lush little |
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Miss said, "Come in, please" |
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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' 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' 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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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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Now some of these folks wore expensive frocks |
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Some of them had on bobbie socks |
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Everybody was nice and high |
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At particular |
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Saturday Night |
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Fish FryIt was rockin', it was rockin' |
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You never seen such scufflin' 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' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn |
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Now my buddy and me, we fell right in |
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We hollered, "Let the joy begin" |
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Now we're thinking we could get a good place to play |
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But the party was already on the way |
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All of a sudden the lights went low |
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And everybody lay straight for the front door |
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Man, I was so scared |
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I didn't know where to go |
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I stood right there and |
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I fell on the floor |
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It was rockin', it was rockin' |
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I never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn |
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It was rockin', it was rockin' |
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I never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn |
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Now the women was screamin' and jumpin' and yellin' |
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The bottles was flyin', and the fish was smellin' |
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Way up 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 breaking the law |
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But somebody reached over and 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' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn |
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It was rockin', it was rockin' |
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I never seen such scufflin' 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 that |
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St. Vitus dance |
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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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They put us all in the black |
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MariaThey 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' 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' 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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My chick came down and went my bail |
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And finally got me outta that rotten jail |
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If you ever want to get a fist in your eye |
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Just mention a |
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Saturday Night |
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Fish FryI 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' 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' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn |
