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Crawfish
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(Wise and Weisman)

Information:
Crawfish was sung by Elvis in a duet with Kitty White in the 1958 movie King Creole. Written by Fred Wise and Ben Weisman, the song was recorded on January 15, 1958, at Radio Recorders (take #7 is on the record). Later in 1958, the Stone Crushers recorded Crawfish on RCA Records (RCA 47-7309).

Lyrics:

Crawfish
Well I went to the bayou just last night
There was no moon but the stars were bright
Put a big long hook on a big long pole
And I pulled Mr. Crawfish out of his hole
Crawfish

1. See I got him, see the size
Stripped and cleaned before your eyes
Sweet meat look, fresh and ready to be cooked
Crawfish

Now take Mr. Crawfish in your hand
He's gonna look good in your frying pan
If you fry him crisp or you boil him right
He'll be sweeter than sugar when you take a bite
Crawfish

1. (repeat)

Where it was released:

Released for the first time on EP »

EPs:

- King Creole, Volume 2 (1958) »

LPs/CDs:

- King Creole (1958) »

- Worldwide Gold Award Hits, Volume 2 – The Other Sides (1971) »

– King Creole (1980) »

- Essential Elvis, Volume 3 – Hits Like Never Before (1990)

- The King Of Rock’n’Roll – The Complete 50’s Masters (1992)

- King Creole - The Music (2010) - FTD »

– The Best of British - The RCA Years 1957-1958 (2014) - FTD »

- King Creole (2015) - FTD »

Bootleg Releases:

- Loving You (1975) - Gold Suit Productions

- From the Beach to the Bayou (1978) - Graceland Records

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