Now if you
haven't been down to New Orleans
You can understand just what I mean
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
If you had to pass by
Stop ping at the Saturday night fish fry
It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scuffin'
and shovin' till the break of dawn
It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scuffin'
and shovin' till the break
of dawn
Now my brothers and me was
on the main stem
Messin' around, just me and them
We decided we could use
a little somethin' to eat
So we went to the tie, naturally
We knocked on the door
and opened with ease
A lurchin' little miss said, come in please
Before we could bat an eye
We were right in the middle of a big fish fry
It was rockin'
It was rockin'
You never seen such confidence
Up until the break of dawn
It was rockin'
It was rockin'
You never seen such confidence
And shoved him the brink of death
Now the
You'd never seen such scuffin'
and shovin' to the break of dawn
It was rockin'
It was rockin'
You'd never seen such scuffin'
and shovin' to the break of dawn
So me and the band,
we fell right in,
we hollered, let the joy begin
We figured this was a
good place to play,
cause the party was already un derway
But all of a sudden, the lights went low,
and everybody made straight
for the front door
I was so scared I
didn't know where to go
I stood right there and I fell on the floor
I was rockin'
I was rockin'
You never seen such scuffin'
and shufflin' to break a down
The joint was rockin' Reel
in' and rockin'
You never seen such scuffin'
and shufflin' to break a down
Now the women were screamin'
and jumpin' and yellin'
The bottles were flyin'
and the fish were smellin'
Way up above all the noise they made
So they hollered,
get out of here, this is a raid
Well, I didn't know
I was breaking the law
But somebody reached out
and hit me on the jaw
They had us bucked off
from the front to the back
And they were putting me in the wagon
like potato sacks
They were rockin' Captain rockin'
You never seen such confidential
to break about
They was rockin'
They was rockin'
You never seen such scuffin'
and shuffin'
to break them down
Now I knew I could get away
if I had a chance
But I was shakin' like I had
some kind of dance
I tried to crawl under the bathtub
But the policeman said,
where you goin' there, bub?
They had us out of there
like a house on fire
They put us all in the black Mirai
They might have missed a pitiful few
But they got both me and the band too
It was rockin'
It was rockin' It
You never seen such scuffin'
and suvin'
till the break of dawn
It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scuffin'
and suvin' till the break of dawn
We all headed for jail in
a day's condition
They booked each one of us on suspicion
My wife came down and went my bail
And got me out of that rotten jail
Now if you ever want to get
fish in your eye
Mention a Saturday night fish fry
I don't care how
many fish in the sea
But don't ever mention fish to me
It was rockin'
It was rockin'
You never seen such governance
until the break of dawn
It was rockin'
It was rockin'
You never seen such governance
until the break of dawn
It was rockin',
it was rock in'
You'd never seen such confidence
until the break of dawn
Well, kep t on rockin'
till the break of dawn
It was rock in',
reamin' and rockin'
You never seen such stuffin'
and a -shufflin'
Till the break of dawn
Let's get out of here,
fellas, we might get a
Yow!
Georgie Fame 
