Shake the Boogie - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson

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)