| Hey, get rhythm
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| When you get the blues
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| Come on, get rhythm
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| When you get the blues
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| Get a rock-and-roll feelin' down in your bones
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| Put taps on your toes and then get gone
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| Get rhythm
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| When you get the blues
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| A little shoeshine boy, he never gets low down
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| He’s got the dirtiest job in town
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| Bendin' low at the peoples' feet
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| On a windy corner on a dirty street
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| When I asked him how to shine my shoe
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| How do you keep from a-gettin' the blues?
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| He grinned as he raised his little head
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| He slapped a shoeshine rag and then he said
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| Get rhythm
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| When you get the blues
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| Come on, get rhythm
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| When you get the blues
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| Well, a jumpy rhythm makes you feel so fine
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| It’ll shake all your trouble from your worried mind
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| Get rhythm
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| When you get the blues, yeah
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| Well, I sat down and listened to the shoeshine boy
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| And I thought I was goin' to jump for joy
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| Slapped on the shoe polish left and right
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| He gripped his rag as he held it tight
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| He stopped just-a once to wipe the sweat away
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| I said, You’re a mighty little boy to be-a workin' that way
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| He said, I like it, with a great big grin
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| He kept on poppin', and he said again
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| Get rhythm
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| When you get the blues
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| Come on, get rhythm
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| When you get the blues
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| It only costs a dime, it’s just a nickel a shoe
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| It does a million dollars worth of good for you
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| Get rhythm
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| When you get the blues
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| Come on, get rhythm
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| When you get the blues, yeah |