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Thread #99291   Message #1978191
Posted By: Azizi
24-Feb-07 - 02:52 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Thread of 1000 Dances
Subject: Lyr Add: SHOTGUN (Junior Walker and The All Stars)
Here's a R&B song that is definitely not politically correct now:

SHOTGUN
[Junior Walker and The All Stars]

I said,Shotgun shoot em for he runs now
Do the jerk baby
Do the jerk now
Hey!

Put on your red dress
And then you go downtown now
I said buy yourself a shotgun now
We're gonna break it down baby now
We're gonna load it up baby now
And then you shoot him for he runs now

I said,Shotgun shoot em for he runs now
Do the jerk baby
Do the jerk now
Hey!

[Instrumental sax]

I said,Shotgun shoot em for he runs now
Do the jerk baby
Do the jerk now
Hey!

Put on your high heels shoes
I said we're goin' down here listen to em play blues
We're gonna dig potatoes
We're gonna pick tomatoes

I said,Shotgun shoot em for he runs now
Do the jerk baby
Do the jerk now
Hey!

I said it's Twine Time
I said it's Twine Time
I said it's Twine Time
Hey!


http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/jr_walker_and_the_all_stars/shotgun.html

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Regardless of its un-political correctness, the 1967 dance "Shot Gun" is #94 in this listing.

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Jr. Walker and the All Star's mention of "Twine Time" at the end of the Shot Gun song probably was a referent to "Alvin Cash and the Crawlers's funky tune, "Twine Time," on the Mar-V-lus label (3094), issued September 12, 1963" [as noted in http://www.csus.edu/indiv/v/vonmeierk/7-02TWI.html, an article about rope or twine]. Btw, the word "twine" rhymes with "fine".

Since Junior {or is it Jr.?} Walker used "Twine Time" like a dance name, I'm gonna do the same.

Therefore, "Twine Time" is #95 on this list of dance names.