Shake That Things - Ethel Waters

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?