Louis Jordan - Saturday Night Fish Fry Lyrics

Lyrics Saturday Night Fish Fry - Louis Jordan




If you've ever been down to New Orleans
Then you can understand just what I mean, now
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, we fell right in
We hollered, "Let the joy begin"
We figured this was a good place to play
'Cause the party was already under way
But all of a sudden the lights went low
And everybody made straight for the front door
I was so scared, I didn't know where to go
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' (ahhh)
The bottles was flyin', and the fish was smellin'
And way up above, all the noise they made
Somebody said, "You better get outta here, this a raid"
I didn't know we were breakin' the law
Somebody reached up, clipped me on the jaw
They had us blocked off from the front to the back
And they were puttin' us 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
Then they kept 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 outta 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 you ever mention 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



Writer(s): Jordan Lou, Walsh Ellis Lawrence


Louis Jordan - Louis Jordan Greatest Hits
Album Louis Jordan Greatest Hits
date of release
12-09-2010

1 Five Guys Named Moe
2 Reet Petite and Gone
3 Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby
4 G. I. Jive
5 I Like Em Fat Like That
6 Saturday Night Fish Fry
7 Open the Door, Richard
8 Mop-Mop
9 Stone Cold Dead in the Market
10 Barnyard Boogie
11 I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
12 You Can't Get That No More
13 Let The Good Times Roll
14 What's the Use of Getting Sober
15 Every Man To His Own Profession
16 Caldonia
17 Buzz Me
18 Beware, Brother, Beware
19 Chicky-Mo, Craney-Crow
20 Petootie Pie
21 How High Am I?
22 Jack You're Dead
23 Early In The Mornin'
24 Nobody But Me
25 Ain't That Just Like a Woman
26 Run Joe
27 Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens
28 Choo Choo Ch' Boogie
29 Bill Bailey
30 Salt Pork West Virginia
31 Cotton Fields
32 Hard Head
33 Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
34 I Almost Lost My Mind
35 I Got the Walkin Blues
36 Doug the Jitterbug
37 Ration Blues
38 That'll Just About Knock Me Out




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