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 passing by,
stop in at the Saturday night fish fry.
It was rockin',
it was rockin'
You never ceased that
scufflin' and shufflin'
Till the break of dawn
It was rockin',
it was rockin'
You never ceased that
scufflin' and shufflin'
Till 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 somethin' 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 mis s 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 cease a
-stuffin' and shufflin'
till the break of dawn
It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never ceased that
scufflin' and shufflin'
till the break of dawn
Now the folks was hav
in' the time of their life
And Sam was jivin' Jimmy's wife
And over in the corner
was a beat -up grand
Bein' played by a big fat piano man
Now some of the chick
s 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 a rockin',
it was a rockin'
You never ceased
that scufflin' and shufflin'
Till the break of dawn
It was a rockin', it was a rockin'
You never ceased
that scufflin' and shufflin'
Till 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 underway
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 ceased
that scufflin' and shufflin'
till the break of dawn
It was rockin',
it was rockin'
You never ceased that
scufflin' and shufflin'
till the break of dawn
Now the women was screamin'
and jumpin' and yellin'
The bottles was flyin'
and the fish was smellin'
And way up above all the noise,
they made somebody holler,
Better get out of here, this is a raid.
I didn't know we were
breaking the law,
But somebody reached over
and hit me on the jaw.
They had us locked off
from the front to the back,
And they were putting them in the wagon
like potato sacks.
It was a rocket,
it was a rocket,
You never ceased that
scuffling and shuffling
till the break of dawn.
It was rockin',
it was rockin'
You never
ceased that scuffin' and shuffin'
till the break of dawn
I knew I could get away
if I had a chance
But I was shakin' like I had
the St. Father's dance
Now I tried to crawl under a bathtub
When the policeman said,
Where you goin' now, buck?
Now they got us out of
there like a house of fire
Put us all in that black Mirage
Now they might have missed a pitiful few,
but they got both me and my buddy too
It was rockin', it was rockin',
it never ceased that scufflin' and
shufflin' till the break of dawn
It was rockin', it was rockin',
it never ceased that scufflin'
and shufflin' till the break of dawn
We headed for jail in a day's 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 ceased that scufflin' and
shufflin' till the break of dawn.
It was rockin', it was rockin',
you never ceased that scufflin' and shufflin'
till the break of dawn.
Give me one of them damn
fish sandwiches!
Get away from there boy! Yowza!
Louis Jordan 
