It comes from Mississippi, and down in Alabam Creepin like a fever all across the land From deep in the Delta on the Louisiana shore The people got to have it, they wanna hear some more Its the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum Playin them guitars like shootin from a gun Keepin up the rhythm, steady as a clock Doin a little thing called the hillbilly rock Some say it came from Memphis down in Tennessee Or it drifted in from Georgia about 1953 Just as long as its greasy, as long as its fast As long as its pumpin honey, its gonna last Its the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum Playin them guitars like shootin from a gun Keepin up the rhythm, steady as a clock Doin a little thing called the hillbilly rock Way back in old Kentucky where the bluegrass grows Through the Carolinas on them dirt red roads Burnin like a fire runnin wild in the woods From Arkansas to Texas, it sounds so good Its the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum Playin them guitars like shootin from a gun Keepin up the rhythm, steady as a clock Doin a little thing called the hillbilly rock See Marty Stuart LiveGet tickets as low as 47You might also likeSo when the heat starts to risin and you gotta blow some steam Take a ride down the river, youll see just what I mean The juke joints jumpin, when that cat goes on The whole place is shakin, theres a something goin on Its the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum Playin them guitars like shootin from a gun Keepin up the rhythm, steady as a clock Doin a little thing called the hillbilly rock Doin a little thing called the hillbilly rock Doin a little thing called the hillbilly rock
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