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Verse 1
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On Monday
we ate ham.
On Tuesday night, we had candied yam.
On Wednesday night,
we had buttered beans.
On Thursday night, we had mustard greens.
On Friday night, we had jambalaya.
On Saturday night, it was a big fish fry.
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Rockin', I mean rockin',
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never seen such a mess
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Goin' till the break of dawn
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If you've ever been
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down to New Orleans
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You can understand what I mean
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All through the week
the usual admission
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For cookin', a waiter, or a good musician
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So if you happen to be just passin' by
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Stoppin' at Saturday night fish fry
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It was rockin', I mean rockin'
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Never seen such shovin' and scuffin'
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It was rockin', I mean rockin'
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Never seen such shovin' and scuffin'
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we was on the main stem
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Foolin' around, just me and him
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We decided we'd get
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We went to a house on Rampart Street
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We knocked on that door
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and it opened with ease
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And a pretty little missy said,
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Come in, Mick ey!
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And before we could even bat an eye
of the big fish fry
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Now everyone's having
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the time of their lives
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And Henry was jiv ing,
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Sammy's wife
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Some of them had on expens
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ive frock s
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Maggie had on her bobby socks
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But Eddie was getting extremely high
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At this particular Saturday night fish fry
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It was rockin', I mean rockin'
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Never seen such
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shovin' and scuffin'
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It was rockin', I mean rockin'
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Never seen such shovin' and scuffin'
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Till the break of dawn
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Now my buddy and me,
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we fell right in
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And we hollered,
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let's enjoy the game
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When all of a sudden the
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light s went low
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When everybody made straight
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Man, I was so scared I
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I stood right there and I fell on the floor
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Bottles was flying and
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Way up above the noise
they made
Somebody hollered
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didn't know we was breaking the law
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Somebody reached over,
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they cracked me on the jaw
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They had us blocked off
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like potato sacks
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So it was rockin', I mean rockin'
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Nev er seen such a dance cover
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It was rockin', I mean rockin'
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Never seen such a dance cover
Now I knew I could get
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away if I had a chance
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But I was shakin' like I had
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I tried to crawl
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like a house on fire
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They put us all in that black Mariah
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They might have missed a pitiful view
and they got my buddy too
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They took us out of there
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They put each one
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My chick came down with my bail
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But if you ever want to get a
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fist in your eye
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You just mention a Saturday
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night fish fry
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I 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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go to the break of dawn.
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It was rockin', I mean rockin',
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go to the break of dawn.
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We're on the floor,
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so you say ho!
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