Now if you've ever been to New Orleans Then you can understand just I mean All through the week it's quiet as a And on Saturday night go from house to house
You don't have to pay the usual If you're a cook, a waiter or a good So if you happen to be passin' by Stop in at the Night Fish Fry
It was rockin', it was You seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn It was rockin', it was You never seen scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
Now my and me was on the main stem Foolin' just me and him We we could use a little something to eat So we to a house on Rampart Street
We knocked on the and it opened with ease And a little Miss said, "Come in, please" Before we could bat an eye We were right in the middle of a big fry
It was rockin', it was You never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of It was rockin', it was You seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
Now the folks was havin' the time of their Sam was jivin' wife Over in the corner was a up grand Being by a big fat piano man
Now some of these wore expensive frocks of them had on bobbie socks Everybody was and high At particular Saturday Fish Fry
It was rockin', it was You never seen such and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn It was rockin', it was You never seen such scufflin' and 'til the break of dawn
Now my buddy and me, we fell in We hollered, "Let the joy begin" Now thinking we could get a good place to play But the party was on the way
All of a the lights went low And everybody lay straight for the door Man, I was so scared I didn't where to go I stood right and I fell on the floor
It was rockin', it was I never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of It was rockin', it was I never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of
Now the women was screamin' and jumpin' and The was flyin', and the fish was smellin' Way up above all the noise we Somebody hollered, "You better get here, this is a raid"
I didn't we was breaking the law But somebody reached and hit me on the jaw had us blocked off from front to back They was 'em in the wagon like potatoes in a sack
It was rockin', it was You never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of It was rockin', it was I never seen scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
I I could get away if I had a chance But I was shakin' like I had that St. Vitus I to crawl in under a bath tab When a said, "Where are you goin' there, bub?"
Now they got us out of there like a on fire They put us all in the Maria They have missed a pitiful few But got both me and my buddy too
It was rockin', it was You seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn It was rockin', it was You seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
Well we for jail in a dazed condition They each one of us on suspicion My chick came down and my bail And finally got me outta that jail
If you ever to get a fist in your eye Just mention a Night Fish Fry I don't how many fish in the sea But ever mention a fish to me
It was rockin', it was You seen such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn It was rockin', it was You never such scufflin' and shufflin' 'til the break of dawn