| Come on people, just in time. | 
| Buy your tickets, an' get in line. | 
| This gal ‘s goin' ta move that thing. | 
| Oh, man how she can move that thing. | 
| She ‘s got me goin' goofy, about to go insane. | 
| Police ‘rest a gal for shakin' it at a dancin' hall, | 
| She moved that thing for the judge and they had a ball. | 
| You know she can move that thing. | 
| Ah, man she can move that thing. | 
| Even the judges go nuts, she can move that thing. | 
| Boys, she can move it easy, she can move it neat. | 
| She move it so she give me thrills down in my feet. | 
| You know she can move that thing. | 
| Ah, she can move that thing. | 
| If she ever quits me I’ll make my home back in ol' St. James. | 
| Now, I ‘s takin' this gal ta church, ta learn her how ta pray. | 
| She starts ta movin' that thing the preacher throwed his bible away. | 
| Says, «Gal, move that thing. | 
| Yes, come on gal, let’s move that thing. | 
| Says, «My back was hurtin', but you done made me lose my pain.» | 
| Now, I ‘s takin' this gal, down in Jungleland. | 
| She put that thing on that medicine man. | 
| You know she can move that thing. | 
| Ah, man she can move that thing. | 
| Now she’s leading every tribe, down in Zululand. | 
| Now she made me pawn the clothes and the shoes off my feet, | 
| The hat off my head, an' the bed where I sleep. | 
| You know she can move that thing. | 
| Ah man, I’m nuts about her movin' that thing. | 
| An' if my gal ever quits me I’ll kill her, and make my home in ol' St. James. |