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Verse 1
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Now if
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you've ever been down to New Orleans
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Then you can understand just what I mean
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Now all through the week
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it's quiet as a mouse
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But on Saturday night they
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Verse 2
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You don't have to pay
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or a waiter or a good musician
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So if you happen to be just passin' 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
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rockin'
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You never seen such scufflin'
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And shufflin' 'til the break
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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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And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
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Foolin' around just me an d him
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We decided we could use
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a little something to eat
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So we went to a house on
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And a lush little miss 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 seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'til the break
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of dawn
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rockin', it was rockin'
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You never
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Now the folks was havin'
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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Being played by a big fat piano man
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Now, some of the chick
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Some of them had on bobbie socks
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But every body was nice and high
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At this particular Sat urday night fish fry
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rockin',
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it was rockin'
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You never seen such scufflin'
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And shufflin' 'til
the break of dawn
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It was rockin', it was rockin'
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You never
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And shufflin' 'til the break
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of dawn
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Now my buddy and me
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"Let the joy begin!"
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Now, we figured this was a good
place to play
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Cause the party was already underway
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the lights went low
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And everybody made straight
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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
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It was rockin',
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it was rockin'
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You never
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seen such scufflin'
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And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
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It was rockin',
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it was rockin'
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You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'til the break
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of dawn
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in' and jumpin' and yellin'
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The bottles was flyin',
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And way above all the
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Somebody hollered,
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"Better get outta here, this is a raid!"
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I didn't know we were breaking
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hit me on the jaw
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Now they had us blocked off from
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front to back
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It was rockin',
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it
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was rockin'
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You never seen such scufflin'
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And shufflin' 'til the break
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of dawn
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rockin', it was rockin'
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You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
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Verse 21
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I knew I could get away if I had a chance
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But I was shakin' like I
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had the St. Vitus dance
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in under a bath tab
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When a policeman said,
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"Where are you goin' there, bub?"
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Now they got us out of
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there like a house on fire
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And put us all in the black Mariah
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Now they might have
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missed a pitiful few
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But they got both me and my buddy too
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rockin',
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it was rockin'
And shufflin' 'til the break
of dawn
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It was rockin', it was rockin'
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You never seen such scufflin'
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And shufflin' 'til the break
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of dawn
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We headed for jail in a dazed condition
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They booked each one of us on sus picion
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Now my chick came
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down and with my bail
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And fi nally got me outta that rotten jail
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Now if you ever want
to get a fist in your eye
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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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It was rockin', it was rockin'
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You never seen such scufflin'
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And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
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It was rockin',
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it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
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And shufflin' 'til the break
of dawn
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Verse 29
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Give me one of them
there fish sandwiches
Get away from there boy
Yowza!
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