From the 1936 film “Captain January”. Words by Sidney Mitchell. Music by Lew Pollack.
Sheet Music
Accompaniment
Lyrics
Next Friday night you’re all invited
To dance from eight to five
All the fishes still alive are having a ball
It’s some affair, they’ll all be there
From the herring to the whale
They’ll turn out to shake a scale
In Neptune’s Hall
Refrain
Come along and follow me
To the bottom of the sea
We’ll join in the jamboree
At the Codfish Ball
Lobsters dancing in a row
Shuffle off to Buffalo
Jellyfish sway to and fro
At the Codfish Ball
Finnan-haddie leads the eel
Through an Irish reel
The catfish is a dancing man
But he can’t can-can
Like the sardine can
Tunas truckin’ left and right
Minnies moochin’, what a night!
There won’t be a hook in sight
At the Codfish Ball
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