From the sheet music image at Mississippi State University (on that page, click "View this item" to download a PDF file.):


I WISH I COULD SHIMMY LIKE MY SISTER KATE
Words and music by A. J. Piron*
Clarence Williams Music Pub. Co. Inc., 1922

1. Went to a dance with my sister Kate.
Ev'ryone there said she danced so great.
I realized a thing or two,
Then I got wise to something new.
I look'd at Kate. she was in a trance,
And then I knew it was in her dance.
All the boys are going wild
Just over Katie's dancing style.

CHORUS: I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate.
She shivers like the jelly on a plate.
My mammy wanted to know last night
Why all the boys treat Sister Kate so nice.
Ev'ry boy in our neighborhood
Knows that she can shimmy, and it's understood.
I know I'm late but I'll be up to date
When I can shimmy like my sister Kate,
I mean, shimmy like my sister Kate.

2. Thought if I want to be up to date,
I had to shimmy like Sister Kate.
Although I tried, 'twas all in vain,
But Sister Kate could not be blamed.
She made me dance till I got sore feet.
I will be glad when it's all complete.
Tried so hard to imitate,
To shimmy like my sister Kate.

*

*RedHotJazz.com says "Violinist Armand Piron is remembered most today as the early business partner of Clarence Williams. They owned The Piron-Williams Publishing Company in New Orleans that scored a hit with Piron's song "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate" (although Louis Armstrong claims that he wrote it and sold it to them and didn't receive credit)...."

The version in the DT, called IF I COULD SHIMMY LIKE MY SISTER KATE, was taken from Jim Kweskin, and he changed it quite a bit. He even inserted part of a different song: THE HEEBIE JEEBIES.

The Online 78-rpm Discography Project lists the following recordings of I WISH I COULD SHIMMY LIKE MY SISTER KATE (this includes some variant titles such as SISTER KATE and SHIMMY LIKE SISTER KATE)

Alabama Jug Band, 1934
Anna Jones, 1923
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, 1938
Boyd Senter, 1928
California Ramblers, 1922
Charles Pierce & His Orch, 1928
Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers, 1938
Clarence Williams and His Orchestra, 1928
Cotton Pickers, 1922
Eva Taylor, 1922
Frances Faye
George Wettling Rhythm Kings, 1940
Hoosier Hot Shots, 1936
Jan Garber & His Orch, 1928
Jazzbo Carolina Serenaders, 1922
Jesse Ashlock, 1938
Joe Haymes & His Orch, 1936
Lee Sims (piano), 1930
Leona Williams & Her Jazz Band, 1922
Mary Straine, 1922
Muggsy Spanier Ragtime Band, 1939
Okeh Syncopators, 1922
Original Memphis Five, 1922
Patricia Norman
Phil Napoleon Memphis Five, 1950
Ray Miller's Hotel Gibson Orch, 1928
The Georgians - Dance Orch., 1922
The Goofus Five, 1927
Tiny Hill & His Orch, 1940
University Six, 1926
Varsity Eight, 1927
Virginians, 1922
Whoopee Makers (E. Grosso), 1928
Wingy Manone

RedHotJazz.com has several recorded versions.