Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Shake the Boogie , by - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson. Release date: 27.06.2010
Song language: English
Shake the Boogie |
| Chicago, August 6, 1946 |
| with Blind John Davis — piano, Willie Lacey — guitar |
| Ransom Knowling — s bass |
| Album: Complete Recorded Works Vol 5 |
| October 19, 1945 — November 12, 1947 |
| Document Records DOCD 5059 |
| (boogie intro) |
| Now, an my baby went out |
| An’stayed out all night long |
| She never came home |
| Until the break of dawn |
| C’mon, shake yo’boogie |
| Whoa, shake a-yo'boogie |
| C’mon, shake a-yo'boogie |
| Because your boogie’s alright wit’me, yeah |
| I’m goin’to buy me a dog |
| On a wired nose |
| I even kill a man |
| About my jellyroll |
| But c’mon, shake a-yo'boogie |
| Oh, shake a-yo'boogie |
| C’mon an shake a-yo'boogie |
| Because yo’boogie’s is alright wit’me |
| 'Alright, John' |
| (harmonica &instrumental) |
| Oh, but look-a-here, baby |
| See what-a you’ve done, done |
| You taken my money |
| You got me on a bum |
| C’mon shake a-yo'boogie |
| Whoa, shake a-yo'boogie |
| C’mon an shake a-yo'boogie |
| Because yo’boogie alright wit’me |
| You know, me an my baby |
| Don’t do nothin’but fuss an fight |
| I said, 'Look-a-here, baby |
| Things ain’t goin’on right' |
| But c’mon, shake yo’boogie |
| Oh, shake a-yo'boogie |
| C’mon an shake a-yo'boogie |
| You know, yo’boogie alright wit’me, now |
| 'Ride! Take it away, Lacey' |
| (harmonica &instrumental) |
| I don’t need no steam-heatin' |
| By my bed |
| The little girl I got |
| Keep me, cherry red |
| But c’mon shake a-yo'boogie |
| Whoa, shake a-yo'boogie |
| C’mon an shake a-yo'boogie |
| Because yo’boogie’s alright wit’me |
| 'Now John, I got it this time by myself' |
| (harmonica &instrumental to end — but not John) |