Transcribed from vocals by Cab Calloway, recorded
December 11, 1947,
From Cab
Calloway and His Orchestra: 1942-1947, Chronological Classics 996
Here's a little tune we're gonna
play for you,
There ain't nothin' to it and it's
easy to do:
Called the Calloway Boogie,
It's the Calloway Boogie,
Keeps you groovy twenty-four hours
a day!
If you like music with a boogie
beat,
Here's a little ditty that's really
all reet!
It's the Calloway Boogie,
It's the Calloway Boogie,
Keeps you groovy twenty-four hours
a day!
I woke up with the blues the other
day,
The cats started jamming and they
blew away.
With the Calloway Boogie,
The Calloway Boogie,
Keeps you groovy twenty-four hours
a day!
We play waltzes, bebop and jive,
But here's the kind of music that
keeps you alive!
It's the Calloway Boogie,
It's the Calloway Boogie,
Keeps you groovy twenty-four hours
a day!
If you like boogie with some hi-de-ho,
Just listen to me, here's the way
it goes:
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi!
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!
Keeps you groovy twenty-four hours
a day!
Published 8/27/01.
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