Shakin' the Blues Away (by Irving Berlin, originally from "Ziegfeld Follies of 1927") There's an old superstition way down south Every darkie believes that trouble won't stay If you shake it away When they hold a revival way down south Every darkie with care and trouble that day Tries to shake it away Shakin' 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 it's a rule they'll go if you shake them away Do like the darkies do Listening 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 I gotta blues, you gotta blues, all God's children gotta blues Come and join a revel as we shake off the devil as we shake all over God's Heaven, Heaven, Heaven Anyone objectin' to shaking ain't going there, Heaven, Heaven, Heaven I gotta shake, you gotta shake, all God's children gotta shake, shake shake Nothin' could be sweeter than to shake with Saint Peter when we shake all over God's Heaven, Heaven, Heaven Anyone objecting to shaking ain't going there Heaven, Heaven, Heaven Gonna shake all over God's Heaven Shaking, shaking the blues away Unhappy, unhappy news away If you are blue it's easy to shake off your cares and troubles Telling, telling the blues to go They may, they may refuse to go But as a rule they'll go if you shake them away Do like the darkies do Listening to a preacher way down south They shake their bodies so, to and fro With every shake a lucky break Proving, proving that there's a way To chase, to chase your cares away If you would lose your weary blues shake them away (hit your browser's "back" button to return to the playlist you were viewing.) charlie's playlist index wfmu home page