Have you heard the news

There's good rockin' at midnight

Oh, I'm gonna hold my baby

With all my might

What a wonderful time we had that night

Hey, hey, there's good rockin' at midnight

Have you heard the news

There's good rockin' at midnight

Oh, I'm gonna hold my baby

With all my might

What a wonderful time we had that night

Hey, hey, there's good rockin' at midnight

Now sweet Chalky Brown and sweet Lorraine

They got caught on Caledonia's land

Soon pretty soon they told it all

Those fellahs got drunk and they had a ball

Crying hey, hey

There's good rockin' at midnight

Well, two times

Well, I tell y'all about now deacon John

He got so high they had to take him home

Hear the news about Ella Brown

He stole a chicken and he ran out of town

Hey, hey, there's good rockin' at midnight

Caledonia got drunk and grinning like a pig

She fell down and she lost her wig

Charlie Brown she laughed and she got sick

And Caledonia got mad and grabbed a brick

Crying hey, hey, there's good rockin' at midnight

Oh now let's go two times

Oh yeah Oh yeah, wanna tell you all about now deacon John

He got so high they had to take him home

Here's the news about Ella Brown

He stole a lot of chickens and he ran out of town

Crying hey, hey there's good rockin' at midnight

Now, now, now Caledonia got drunk and grinning like a pig

She fell down and lost her wig

Charlie Brown she laughed and she got sick

Caledonia got mad and she grabbed a brick

Crying hey, hey there's good rockin' at midnight

Uh, mmmm, rock

Gonna rock Gonna rock

Gonna rock Gonna rock

Gonna rock Well yeah I'm gonna rock

Gonna rock We gonna rock