If you've ever been down to New Orleans

Then you can understand just what I mean

All through the week it's quiet as a mouse

But on Saturday night they go from house to house

You don't have to pay the usual admission

If you're a cook or a waiter or a good musician

So if you happen to be just passin' by

Stop in at the Saturday Night Fish Fry

It was rockin' it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' til the break of dawn

It was rockin' it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

Now my buddy and me was on the main stem

Foolin' around just me and him

We thought we could use a little something to eat

So we stop in a house on Rampart Street

We knocked on the door and it opened up with ease

And a lush little miss said "Come in please"

Before we could even bat an eye

We were right in the middle of a big fish fry

It was rockin' it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

It was rockin' it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

Now the folks was havin' the time of their life

And Sam was jivin' Jimmie's wife

Over in the corner was a beat up grand

Being played by a big fat piano man

Some of the chicks wore expensive frocks

Some of them had on bobbie socks

But everybody was nice and high

Particular Saturday Night Fish Fry

It was rockin' it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

It was rockin' it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

Now my buddy and me we fell right in

We hollered "Let the joy begin"

We figure this was a good place to play

Coz the party was already under way

But all of a sudden the lights went low

And everybody made straight for the front door

I didn't know where i was gonna go

So I stood right there then I fell on the floor

It was rockin' it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

It was rockin' it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

Now the women was jumpin' and screamin' and yellin'

The bottles was flyin' and the fish was smellin'

And way up above all the noise they made

Somebody say

"Better get out of here this's a raid"

I didn't know we were breakin' the law

But somebody reached up and clip me on the jaw

They had us blocked off from the front to the back

And they was puttin' 'em in the wagon like potato sacks

It was rockin' it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

It was rockin' it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

I knew that I could get away if I had a chance

I was shakin' like I had the St Vitus dance

I tried to crawl under a bathtub

The policeman said "come on up under that bub "

They truce us all out of there like a house afire

And put us all in that Black Maria

They might have missed a pitiful few

But they got poor me and my buddy too

It was rockin' it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

It was rockin' it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

Then they took us in jail in a dazed condition

They booked each one of us on suspicion

My chick came down and went my bail

And finally got me out of that rotten jail

Now if you ever want to get a fist in your eye

Just mention a Saturday night fish fry

I don't care how many fish in the sea

But don't ever mention a fish to me

It was rockin' it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

It was rockin' it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

Give me one of them fish sandwiches

Get away there boy yowza