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At The Codfish Ball
Words & Music by Lew Pollack & Sidney D. MitchellRecorded by Shirley Temple
Performed with Buddy Ebsen in the 1936 film "Captain January"
Intro
C Em Am7 G7 A7 Em7 A7
Next Friday night you're all invited to dance from eight to five
Edim G Cdim Dm7 G/B Calt Cdim Dm7 G/B
All the fishes still alive are having a ball
C Em Am7 G7 A7 Em7 A7
It's some affair, they'll all be there, from the herring to the whale
Edim G Cdim Dm7 G/B Calt Cdim Dm7 G/B
They'll turn out to shake a scale in Neptune's Hall
Melody
C Dm7 Cdim C C6 Cdim Fdim C
Come along and follow me to the bottom of the sea
F G7 Dm7 G C F G7
We'll join in the Jamboree at the Codfish Ball.
C Dm7 Cdim C C6 Cdim Fdim C
Lobsters dancing in a row shuffle off to Buff - a - lo
F G7 Dm7 G C F G7
Jelly fish sway to and fro at the Codfish Ball
Bridge
F Dm7 F Dm7 F Dm7 F
Finnan haddie leads the eel through an Irish reel
D Am7 D Am7
The catfish is a dancing man
G Cdim Dm7 G7
But he can't can-can like the sardine can
C Dm7 Cdim C C6 Cdim Fdim C
Tunas trucking left and right, minnows mooching, what a night
F G7 Dm7 G C F G7
There won't be a hook in site at the Codfish Ball
C Dm7 Cdim C C6 Cdim Fdim C
Come along and follow me to the bottom of the sea
F G7 Dm7 G C F C
We'll join in the Jamboree at the Codfish Ball.
i*This was requested by a recent visitor...but somehow I managed to discard the e-mail in which the request was made, so I have no way to credit the writer, or thank them for the request. This one was fun!