Key: Bb major•
Verse 1
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Now if
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you ever been down to New Orleans,
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then you can understand
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just what I mean.
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Now all through the week it's
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quiet as a mouse,
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but on Saturday night they
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go from house to house.
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You don't have to pay
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if you're a cook or a waiter
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or a good musician.
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just passing by,
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stop in at the Saturday night fish fry.
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It was rockin',
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it was rockin'
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You never ceased that
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scufflin' and shufflin'
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It was rockin',
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it was rockin'
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You never ceased that
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Till the break of dawn
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Foolin' around just me and him
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We decided we could use
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a little somethin' to eat
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So we went to a house on Rampart Street
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We knocked on the door
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And a lush little mis s said,
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come in please
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And 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'
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It was rockin'
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You never cease a
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till the break of dawn
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It was rockin', it was rockin'
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You never ceased that
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Now the folks was hav
in' the time of their life
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And Sam was jivin' Jimmy's wife
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And over in the corner
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was a beat -up grand
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Bein' played by a big fat piano man
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Now some of the chick
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s wore expensive frocks
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Some of them had on bobby socks
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But everybody was nice and high
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At this particular Saturday night fish fry
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It was a rockin',
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it was a rockin'
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You never ceased
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that scufflin' and shufflin'
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It was a rockin', it was a rockin'
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You never ceased
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Till the break of dawn
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Now, my buddy and me,
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And we hollered, let the joy begin
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Now we figured this was a
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Cause the party was already underway
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But all of a sudden,
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And everybody made
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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, then I fell on the floor
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it was rock in'
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You never ceased
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till the break of dawn
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It was rockin',
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it was rockin'
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You never ceased that
scufflin' and shufflin'
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till the break of dawn
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Now the women was screamin'
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The bottles was flyin'
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and the fish was smellin'
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And way up above all the noise,
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they made somebody holler,
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Better get out of here, this is a raid.
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I didn't know we were
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But somebody reached over
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and hit me on the jaw.
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They had us locked off
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from the front to the back,
like potato sacks.
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It was a rocket,
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it was a rocket,
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You never ceased that
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scuffling and shuffling
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till the break of dawn.
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It was rockin',
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it was rockin'
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You never
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ceased that scuffin' and shuffin'
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I knew I could get away
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if I had a chance
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But I was shakin' like I had
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Now I tried to crawl under a bathtub
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When the policeman said,
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Where you goin' now, buck?
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Put us all in that black Mirage
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Now they 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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it never ceased that scufflin' and
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It was rockin', it was rockin',
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it never ceased that scufflin'
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and shufflin' till the break of dawn
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We headed for jail in a day's condition
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Now my chick came down
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And finally got me out of that rotten jail
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Now if you ever want to
get a fist in your eye
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Just mention a Saturday night fish fry
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I don't care how many fish in the sea
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It was rockin', it was rockin',
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shufflin' till the break of dawn.
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It was rockin', it was rockin',
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you never ceased that scufflin' and shufflin'
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till the break of dawn.
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Give me one of them damn
fish sandwiches!
Get away from there boy! Yowza!
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