Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy (Single Version)

Have you ever passed the corner of Forth and Grand?

Where a little ball o' rhythm has a shoe-shine stand

People gather 'round and they clap their hands

He's a great big bundle o' joy

He pops the boogie woogie rag

The Chattanoogie shoe-shine boy

He charges you a nickel just to shine one shoe

Makes the oldest kind o' leather look like new

You feel as though you wanna dance when he gets through

Oh he's a great big bundle o' joy

Pops the boogie woogie rag

The Chattanoogie shoe-shine boy

It's a wonder that the rag don't tear

Lord the way he makes it pop, wap

You ought to see him fannin' the air

With his hoppity-hippity-hippity-hoppity-hoppity-hippity-hop

He opens up the store when the clock strikes nine

Likes to get up early, ha-ha when they're feelin' fine

Everybody gets a little rise 'n shine

He's a great big bundle o' joy

He pops the boogie woogie rag

The Chattanoogie shoe-shine boy

There it goes listen, at him

Ha, you fixed your feet so you could walk your beat

Yes, can't get no fire insurance around here!

Bad risk

When you goes mind your twinkle toes

Ah it's a wonder that the rag don't tear

The way he makes it pop, wap wap

Just listen to him fan in the air

With his hoppity-hippity-hippity-hoppity-hoppity-hippity-hop

He opens up for business when the clock strikes nine

He likes to get up early when they're feelin' fine

Everybody gets a little rise 'n shine

He's a great big bundle o' joy

He pops the boogie woogie rag

The Chattanoogie shoe-shine boy

Man I'd tell you one thing

If you're wearing a pair of cordovans

He gonna cut all the neon signs in town

You lay a quarter on him

Guarantee he'll draw blood

He's just the Chattanoogie shoe-shine boy