Transcribed from Anna Jones, accompanied by Fats
Waller, piano; recorded 6/1923.
From Fats
Waller 1922-1926; The Chronogical Classics, 664.
I went to a dance with my sister
Kate;
Everybody there thought she danced
so great;
I realized a thing or two,
When I got wise to something new:
When I looked at Kate, she was in
a trance,
And then I knew it was in her dance;
All the boys are going wild
Over sister Katie's style.
Oh, I wish I could I shimmy like
my sister Kate;
She shimmies like a jelly on a
plate.
My mama wanted to know last night,
What makes the boys think Kate's
so nice.
Now all the boys in the neighborhood,
They know that she can shimmy and
it's understood;
I know that I'm late, but I'll
be up-to-date
When I shimmy like my sister Kate.
I mean, when I shimmy like my sister
Kate.
Now I can shimmy like my sister
Kate,
I know that I'm real late,
I think I'll do a real shimmy dance,
Dancing like my sister Kate,
Sweet papa, just like my sister
Kate.
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