SHAKE IT UP A LITTLE
(Hudson Whittaker (Tampa Red))

Come on, all you women, and do us a dance.
You setting there looking just like you in a trance.
CHO: And shake it up a little. Oh, shake it up a little.
Shake it up a little every once in a while.

Now, if you can't drink liquor, then try a little wine.
You don't have to hurry. Just take your time.
CHO: And just shake...

Now, listen here, Bob, please don't be no fool.
You know you can't use that same old tool
CHO: Till you wipe it off a little. You got to wipe it off a little.
Oh, wipe it off a little every once in a while.

Now, you beautiful women and all you ugly men,
Come on and get together because it ain't no sin.
CHO: To shake...

Now my knock-kneed rooster and my slew-foot (or "bow-legged") hen,
They all sleep together but they ain't no kin.
CHO: Oh, they shake ...

Now you can buy good liquor for a dime (or "two bits") a shot.
Let's get it fixed (or "make it good") while that thing (or "stuff") is hot.
CHO: And just shake...

Now you gonna catch hell because you stayed so long.
You just well to get it fixed before you carry it home.
CHO: And shake...

[As recorded by Tampa Red, 1935. JTD]