Saturday Night Fish Fry

You never seen such scufflin'
So I tried to crawl in under a bath tab
Now they got us out of there like a house on fire
And a lush little Miss said, "Come in, please"

Don't care how many fish in the sea
You never seen such scufflin'
Some of them had on bobbie socks
And way above all the noise we made
If you're a cook, waiter or a good musician
You never seen such scufflin'
Now my buddy and me was on the main stem

They was puttin' 'em in the wagon like potatoes in a sack
At this particular Saturday night fish fry
It was rockin', it was rockin'
Somebody hollered, "You better get outta here, this is a raid"

The bottles was flyin' and the fish was smellin'
It was rockin', it was rockin'
All through the week it's quiet as a mouse
Now if you ever want to get a fist in your eye
And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
When a policeman said, "Where are you goin' there, bub?"

Some of the chicks wore expensive frocks
They had us blocked off from front to back
It was rockin', it was rockin'
But on Saturday night they go from house to house
But they got both me and my buddy too

We knocked on the door and it opened up with ease
It was rockin', it was rockin'

It was rockin', it was rockin'

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

You never seen such scufflin'
So we went to a house on Rampart Street
And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
You never seen such scufflin'

Put us all in the black maria
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
We decided, we could use a little something to eat
'Fore we could even bat an eye
It was rockin', it was rockin'
Till somebody reached over and he hit me on the jaw
It was rockin', it was rockin'
And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

So if you happen to be just passin' by
And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
It was rockin', it was rockin'
And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
You never seen such scufflin'

You never seen such scufflin'
And finally got me outta that rotten jail
It was rockin', it was rockin'
Foolin' around just me and him
I didn't know we was breakin' the law
You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
It was rockin', it was rockin'
Over in the corner was a beat up grand
Now my chick came down and paid my bail
Now the folks was havin' the time of their life
But I was shakin' like I had the St. Vitus dance
You don't have to pay the usual admission
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
It was rockin', it was rockin'
Well, we headed for jail in a dazed condition
Being played by a big fat piano man
You never seen such scufflin'
And Sam was jivin' Jimmie's wife
They booked each one of us on suspicion
We were right in the middle of a big fish fry

But don't ever mention a fish to me
And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
Stop in at the Saturday night fish fry

I knew, I could get away if I had a chance
And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
It was rockin', it was rockin'
Now the women were screamin' and jumpin', and yellin'
Just mention a Saturday night fish fry
You never seen such scufflin'
Now they might have missed a pitiful few
But everybody was nice and high