| Now everybody’s talkin' about all the brand new dances
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| But I’ve got 3 that I’m gonna do for you, lord have mercy
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| I’m gonna start with a dance now, baby, called the boogaloo
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| You know that one, don’t you?
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| Everybody’s groovin', baby; |
| it’s gonna move you too
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| Lord have mercy, get it! |
| Get it, get it, get it, get it, ow!
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| Gonna make you feel all right
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| I’m gonna move up & down & do the skate, look here baby
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| & when you get that feelin', baby, you’re gonna look real great
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| Lord have mercy
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| Oh help me! |
| Help me! |
| Ow! |
| Get it, get it, get it, get it, ow!
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| Wait a minute, everybody, look a-here! |
| I’ve got a brand new dance
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| The whole wide world now, baby, is doin' the shing-a-ling
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| You’ve heard about it, ain’t you?
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| When you move your hips, lord have mercy, & raise your hand
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| Look here now, baby
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| Shake it from side to side, baby; |
| that’s the shing-a-ling
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| Oh I like that one; |
| now get it, get it, hey! |
| Lord have mercy
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| Do the shing-a-ling now, baby; |
| wow ow!
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| Get it, get it, get it, lord have mercy, do the shing-a-ling, etc
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| … & fade |