Down in Georgia, got a dance that's
new,
Ain't nothin' to it, it's easy
to do,
Called "Shake That Thing,"
Oh, shake that thing!
I'm gettin' sick and tired of telling
you to shake that thing!
Now, the old folks start doin' it,
the young folks, too,
But the old folks learn the young
ones what to do,
About shakin' that thing,
Ah, shake that thing!
I'm gettin' sick and tired of telling
you to shake that thing!
Now, Grandpapa Johnson grabbed Sister
Kate,
He shook her like you shake jelly
on a plate,
How he shook that thing,
Oh, he shook that thing!
I'm gettin' sick and tired of telling
you to shake that thing!
Why, there's old Uncle Jack, the
jellyroll king,
He's got a hump in his back from
shakin' that thing,
Yet, he still shakes that thing,
For an old man, how he can shake
that thing!
And he never gets tired of tellin'
young folks: go out and shake that thing!
Now, it ain't no Charleston, ain't
no Pigeon Wing,
Nobody has to give you no lessons,
to shake that thing,
When everybody can shake that thing,
Oh, I mean, shake that thing!
I'm gettin' tired of telling you
how to shake that thing!
Oooh, oooh, with this kind of music,
who wouldn't shake that thing?
Return to the Heptune
Jazz and Blues Lyrics Page.
Published 3/6/00.
Ethel Waters starred in both the stage and film version of Cabin in the Sky. The movie also starred Lena Horne and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington had minor roles. Waters commented in her remarkable autobiography, His Eye is on the Sparrow, that she didn't enjoy making the movie -- too much behind-the-scenes back-biting.
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