[Verse] Theres an old superstition Way down south Evry darkie believes That trouble wont stay If you shake it away When they hold a revival Way down south Evry darkie with care and trouble that day Tries to shake it away [Refrain] Shaking the blues away Unhappy news away If you are blue Its easy to Shake off your cares and troubles Telling the blues to go They may refuse to go But as a rule Theyll go if youll Shake them away Do like the darkies do Listning to a preacher Way down south They shake their bodies so To and fro With every shake A lucky break Proving that theres a way To chase your cares away If you would lose Your weary blues Shake them away [Patter] I gotta blues You gotta blues All Gods chillun Gotta blues Come and join a rebel And well shake off the devil And well shake all over Gods Heaven, Heaven, Heaven Anyone objectin to shakin Aint going there, Heaven, Heaven Gonna shake all over Gods Heaven I gotta shake You gotta shake All Gods chillun Gotta shake, shake, shake Nothing could be sweeter Than to shake with Saint Peter When we shake all over Gods Heaven, Heaven, Heaven Anyone objectin to shakin Aint going there, Heaven, Heaven Gonna shake all over Gods Heaven
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