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 fellas got drunk and they had a ball
Crying hey, hey, there's good rockin' at midnight
Well, two times

Now I tell you 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
Crying hey, hey, there's good rockin' at midnight

Now Caledonia got drunk, grinned like a pig
She fell down and she lost her wig
Charlie Brown she laughed, she got sick
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 grinned like a pig
She fell down and lost her wig
Charlie Brown she laughed, she got sick
Caledonia got mad and grabbed a brick
Crying hey, hey, there's good rockin' at midnight

Gonna rock, gonna rock, I'm gonna rock
Gonna rock, gonna rock, gonna rock
Well, yeah, I'm gonna rock

We're gonna rock, we're gonna rock
Yeah, we're gonna rock, we're gonna rock
There's still rockin' at midnight, midnight
Midnight, midnight, yeah

Oh, let's go out

Now sweet Chalky Brown and sweet Lorraine
They got caught on Caledonia's land
Soon, pretty soon they told it all
Those girls got drunk and they had a ball
Crying hey, hey, there's good rockin' at midnight

We're gonna rock, we're gonna rock
Yeah, yeah, we're gonna rock
Now, now, now we're gonna rock
Yeah, yeah, yeah