Lyrics of Shimmy like kate

Shimmy like kate 2:23 trk 6
The olympics
Pop chart # 42 sept 12, 1960
Arvee records single #5006
Eddie lewis & charles fizer - vocals
(& poss. melvin king)
(incomplete liner notes for band & vocalists)
Album: the olympics meet the marathons
Collectibles cd 5081
Transcriber: awcantor@aol.com

Short intro -piano & instrumental

(boy's hot, the boy's hot)
Shimmy, shimmy
(blow his top, blow his top)
Shimmy, shimmy
(always hot, always hot)
Shimmy, shimmy
Boy
(yeah!)
Child, i could shimmy, now

(going to - shimmy)
I learned to shimmy
Like my sister kate, now
(going to - sha-a-ake)
Shake like a jelly on a jelly plate, now
(going to - sha-a-ke)
All the girls know that-a i can do it
And i can do it!
(ye-eah!)
Yes, i can do it, now!

(first groove, first groove)
A-shimmy, shimmy
(earth move, earth move)
Shimmy, shimmy
(boy's home, boy's home)
Shimmy, shimmy
North, east (ee-yeah) south, west
We're gonna go south, now

(we're going to - sha-a-ake)
Ev'rybody in their neighborhood, now
(first groove - sha-a-ake)
Know i can shimmy, and i shimmy good, now
I'm not late 'cause i'm up to date
(sha-a-ke)
An i can shimmy!
(ye-eah!)
Like sister kate, now

(sax & instrumental)

(first groove, first groove)
Shimmy, shimmy
(earth move, earth move)
Shimmy, shimmy
(boy's home, boy's home )
Shimmy, shimmy
North, just (ee-yeah) south-east
We're gonna go west, now

(sax & instrumental)

Come on, ev'rybody
(an sha-a-ake)
We're going to - (shimmy)
We're going to - (shimmy)
We're goin'
(ye-eah!)

(sax & instrumental)

We're going to - (shimmy)
We're going to - (shimmy)
We're going to - (shimmy)
We're goin'
(ye-eah!)

Going to - (sha-a-ake)
Ev'rybody in their neighborhood, now
You're going to - (sha-a-ake))
Know i can shimmy, and i shimmy good, now
(sha-a-ake)
I'm not late 'cause i'm up to date
(sha-a-ake)
An i can shimmy!
(ye-eah!)
Like sister kate, now

(boy's cool, boy's cool)
Shimmy, shimmy is a-all i know-oh!
(shimmy, shimmy)
(first groove, first groove)
Shimmy, shimmy is a-all i can do
(shimmy, shimmy)
(boy's home, boy's home)
Shimmy, shimmy, a-all night long
(shimmy, shimmy)
Shimmy, (ye-eah) woo!
Is all i can do, now

Shimmy, shimmy, a-all night long
Shimmy, shimmy, a-all day, too

Fades-

Shimmy, shimmy
Oh, early in the mo'nin
Lucille (ye-eah!)
Is gonna sock it to me, now

Shimmy, shimmy.

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