[Verse:] There's an old superstition 'way down south Ev'ry darkie believes that trouble won't stay If you shake it away When they hold a revival way down south Ev'ry darkie with care and trouble that day Tries to shake it away [Refrain:] Shaking the blues away, unhappy news away If you are blue, it's easy to Shake off your cares and troubles Telling the blues to go, they may refuse to go But as a rule, they'll go if you'll Shake them away Do like the darkies do, list'ning to a preacher way down south They shake their bodies so, to and fro With every shake, a lucky break Proving that there's 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 God's chillun gotta blues Come and join a rebel and we'll shake off the devil And we'll shake all over God's Heaven, Heaven, Heaven Anyone objectin' to shakin' ain't going there, Heaven, Heaven Gonna shake all over God's Heaven I gotta shake, you gotta shake All God's chillun gotta shake, shake, shake Nothing could be sweeter than to shake with Saint Peter When we shake all over God's Heaven, Heaven, Heaven Anyone objectin' to shakin' ain't going there, Heaven, Heaven Gonna shake all over God's Heaven
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