B.B. King - Saturday Night Fish Fry Lyrics
Now if youve ever been down to new orleansThen you can understand just what I meanAll thru the week its quiet as a mouseBut on saturday night they go from house to houseYou dont have to pay the usual admissionIf youre a cook, a waiter or a good musicianSo if you happen to be just passin byStop in at the saturday night fish fryIt was rockin, it was rockinYou never seen such scufflinAnd shufflin till the break of dawnIt was rockin, it was rockinYou never seen such scufflinAnd shufflin till the break of dawnNow my buddy and me was on the main stemFoolin around just me and himWe decided we could use a little something to eatSo we went to a house on rampart streetWe knocked on the door and it opened up with easeAnd a lush little miss said, come in, pleaseAnd before we could even bat an eyeWe were right in the middle of a big fish fryIt was rockin, it was rockinYou never seen such scufflinAnd shufflin till the break of dawnIt was rockin, it was rockinYou never seen such scufflinAnd shufflin till the break of dawnNow the folks was havin the time of their lifeAnd sam was jivin jimmies wifeOver in the corner was a beat up grandBeing played by a big fat piano manSome of the chicks wore expensive frocksSome of them had on bobbie socksBut everybody was nice and highAt this particular saturday night fish fryIt was rockin, it was rockinYou never seen such scufflinAnd shufflin till the break of dawnIt was rockin, it was rockinYou never seen such scufflinAnd shufflin till the break of dawnNow the women were screamin and jumpin and yellinThe bottles was flyin, and the fish was smellinAnd way above all the noise we madeSomebody hollered, you better get outta here, this is a raid!I didnt know we was breaking the law butSomebody reached over and hit me on the jawNow they had us blocked off from front to backAnd they was puttin em in the wagon like potatoes in a sackIt was rockin, it was rockinYou never seen such scufflinAnd shufflin till the break of dawnIt was rockin, it was rockinYou never seen such scufflinAnd shufflin till the break of dawnI knew I could get away if I had a chanceBut I was shakin like I had the st. vitus danceSo I tried to crawl in under a bath tabWhen a policeman said, where are you goin there, bub?Now they got us out of there like a house on fireAnd put us all in the black mariaNow they might have missed a pitiful fewBut they got both me and my buddy tooIt was rockin, it was rockinYou never seen such scufflinAnd shufflin till the break of dawnIt was rockin, it was rockinYou never seen such scufflinAnd shufflin till the break of dawnWell we headed for jail in a dazed conditionThey booked each one of us on suspicionNow my chick came down and paid my bailAnd finally got me outta that rotten jailNow if you ever want to get a fist in your eyeJust mention a saturday night fish fryI dont care how many fish in the seaBut dont ever mention a fish to meIt was rockin, it was rockinYou never seen such scufflinAnd shufflin till the break of dawnIt was rockin, it was rockinYou never seen such scufflinAnd shufflin till the break of dawn
