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Shimmy With Me Lyrics by Jerome Kern

The Cabaret Girl

1922

(Verse)
If you find you're getting the hump
If you are feeling blue
If your nerves are all in a jump
I'll tell you what to do
Just get up and shimmy awhile
That's the thing for you
You'll find out you can dig up a smile
After a shake or two
(Chorus 1)
Shimmy with me and I will shimmy with you
You'll find it's easy to do
I'll see you through, you'll need a lesson or two
Just at the start when it's new
If you've never shimmied
Start learning now
Don't be shy or timid
I'll show you how
It's just a knack
Wiggle your back
Give a sort of shiver
Then a kind of quiver
Sway if you please
Just like the trees in a breeze
You'll pick it up by degrees
Once you begin
You'll shake right out of your skin
Go in and win
Shimmy from your shoulders down to your knee
Give the dazed beholders something to see
Pull up your socks, start up the music and just come out and shimmy with me
(Chorus 2)
Shimmy with me and I will shimmy with you
You'll find it's easy to do
Shimmy with me, come on and shake up your spine
For it will make you feel fine
Don't be shy or timid
I'll show you how
If you've never shimmied
Start learning now
It's just a knack
Wiggle your back
Give a sort of shiver
Then a kind of quiver
Just try to feel
As if you've swallowed an eel
You'll find that helps a good deal
Once you begin
You'll shake right out of your skin
Go in and win
Shimmy from your shoulders down to your knee
Give the dazed beholders something to see
Pull up your socks, start up the music and just come out and shimmy with me
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Jerome Kern

Jerome Kern

About “Shimmy With Me” by Jerome Kern

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"Shimmy With Me" appears on "The Cabaret Girl" in 1922.

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