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There's a man in New Orleans who plays Rock and Roll.
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 He's a guitar man with a great big soul.
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He lays down a beat like a ton of coal. He goes by the name of King Creole.
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You know he's gone, gone, gone, jumpin' like a catfish on a pole,
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you know he's gone, gone, gone, hipshaking King Creole.
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When the king starts to do it, it's as good as done. 
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He holds his guitar like a tommy gun.
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He starts to growl from 'way down in his throat. 
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He bends a string and "that's all she wrote".
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You know he's gone, gone, gone, jumpin' like a catfish on a pole,
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you know he's gone, gone, gone, hipshaking King Creole.
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Well he sings a song about a crawdad hole. He sings a song about a jelly roll.
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He sings a song about meat and greens. He wails some blues about New Orleans.
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You know he's gone, gone, gone, jumpin' like a catfish on a pole,
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you know he's gone, gone, gone, hipshaking King Creole.
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Well he plays something evil then, he plays something sweet. 
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No matter what he plays, you got to get up on your feet.
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When hegets the rockin' fever, baby, heaven sakes, 
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he don't stop playin' 'till the guitar breaks.
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You know he's gone, gone, gone, jumpin' like a catfish on a pole,
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you know he's gone, gone, gone, hipshaking King Creole.