At the Codfish Ball (From "Captain January" 1936)

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

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

Ben and Haddie leads the eels

Through an Irish reel

The catfish is a dancing man

But he can't, can't, can't

Like the sardine can

Tuna's trucking left and right

Mendy's mooching, what a night

There won't be a hook in sight

At the codfish ball

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

Ben and Haddie leads the eels

Through an Irish reel

The catfish is a dancing man

But he can't, can't, can't

Like the sardine can

Tuna's trucking left and right

Mendy's mooching, what a night

There won't be a hook in sight

At the codfish ball