There's a man

in New Or leans

There's a man

in New Or leans

Who plays uh

rock and roll

He's a gui tar man

with a great big soul

He lays down a beat

Ton of coal

uh like a ton of coal

He goes by the name

of King Cre ole

You know he's gone

gone gone

Jum pin' like a cat fish

on a pole, yeah

Uh gone gone gone

hip sha king King Cre ole

Oh when the king starts to do

it it's as good as done

He holds his gui tar

like a to mmy gun

He starts to growl

a way down in his throat

He bends a string

and that's all she wrote

You know he's gone

gone gone

Jum pin' like a cat fish

on a pole

Gone gone gone

Gone gone gone

hip sha king King Cre ole

He sings a song a bout

a crow ded hole

Crow ded hole

He sings a song a bout

je lly roll ah

a je lly roll

He sings a song

a bout a bro ken green

Come on

He sings some blues 'bout

New Or leans

You know he's gone

You know he's gone

gone gone

gone gone

Jum pin' like cat fish

on a pole yeah

You know he's gone

Gone gone gone

gone gone

Hip sha king King Cre ole

He plays on his strings

like a sor ce rer

He won't stop play ing

'till his gui tar breaks

Get the L A E O

thing hot put it down

Put it down a way

Jum pin' like a cat fish

on a pole

Jum pin' like a cat fish

on a pole

He plays some thing e vil then

he plays some thing sweet

No ma tter what he plays

you got to get up on your

Get up on your feet

Start to rock and peo ple

hea van sakes

He don't stop play in'

'till his gui tar breaks

You know he's gone

You know he's gone

gone gone

gone gone

Jum pin' like cat fish

on a pole yeah

You know he's gone

Gone gone gone

gone gone

Hip sha king King Cre ole