On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Fred Heutte wrote:
> The *Johansen* got busted?! I don't believe that's happened before, > at least I never heard of it, and they have events all the time. It got busted when Garnier was supposed to play two years ago. > they don't usually make much of an effort to find out. > > Been at many a busted event in my day. It's hard to believe this > still happens. But you know, it's nothing new at all: > > Now, the women was screamin' and jumpin' and yellin', > The bottles was flyin' and the fish was smellin'; > And way up above all the noise they made, > Somebody hollered, "Better get out of here; this is a raid!" > Now, I didn't know we was breakin' the law, > But somebody reached up and hit me on the jaw, > They had us blocked off from the front and the back, > And they was puttin' 'em in the wagon like potatoes in a sack. > > It was rockin'! It was rockin'! > You never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' till the break of dawn! > It was rockin'! It was rockin'! > You never seen such scufflin' and shufflin' till the break of dawn! > > I knew I could get away if I had a chance, > But I was shakin' like I had the St. Vitus dance, > Now, I tried to crawl under a bathtub, > When the policeman said, "Where you goin' there, bub?" > Now, they got us out of there like a house on fire, > Put us all in that Black Maria, > Now, they might have missed a pitiful few, > But they got both me and my buddy, too! > > We headed for jail in a dazed condition, > They booked each one of us on suspicion; > My chick came down and went for 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! > > -- Louis Jordan, "Saturday Night Fish Fry", 1949 > > -- fh > >
