All The Quakers Are Shoulder Shakers 1919

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 13 Jul 2009
2009

Oh! I just got back today
from a town not far away
I've been looking at The Quakers
in their clothes of grey,
and it struck me mighty strange
'cause there's been an awful change,
if you think those folks are slow
there's a lot that you don't know.

All the Quakers are shoulder shakers
down in Quaker town,
things are upside down
the Jazz Bug bit 'em
how it hit 'em
ev'ry wiggle just makes you giggle
at the meeting hall
bands are playing
folks are swaying
to the lovin' "Strutters Ball."
Brother Halsey with the palsy
you remember him,
he's the man who first began
to teach them how to "Shim"
Oh! the home of William Penn
won't be quite the same again,
'cause all the Quakers
are shoulder shakers
down in Quaker Town.

All the Quakers are shoulder shakers
down in Quaker town,
things are upside down
the Jazz Bug bit 'em
how it hit 'em
Ev'ry sister is quite a twister
of a wicked knee,
Baby brother, Dad and Mother
do the "Memphis Shiveree"
Brother Morgan at the organ
jazzes all the notes
Gee it's simply great to watch them
sow their Quaker oats,
you should see how Sister Birch
does a foxtrot down to church,
'cause all the Quakers
are shoulder shakers
down in Quaker Town.

It's a most peculiar sight
and it doesn't seem quite right
to see all the Quakers dancing
way into the night
when the curfew starts to ring
ev'rybody starts to sing
and they grab their dancing shies
while they hum a Quaker blues.

All the Quakers are shoulder shakers
down in Quaker town,
things are upside down
the Jazz Bug bit 'em
how it hit 'em
ev'ry wiggle just makes you giggle
at the meeting hall
bands are playing
folks are swaying
to the lovin' "Strutters Ball."
Brother Halsey with the palsy
you remember him,
he's the man who first began
to teach them how to "Shim"
Oh! the home of William Penn
won't be quite the same again,
'cause all the Quakers
are shoulder shakers
down in Quaker Town.

All the Quakers are shoulder shakers
down in Quaker town,
things are upside down
the Jazz Bug bit 'em
how it hit 'em
Ev'ry sister is quite a twister
of a wicked knee,
Baby brother, Dad and Mother
do the "Memphis Shiveree"
Brother Morgan at the organ
jazzes all the notes
Gee it's simply great to watch them
sow their Quaker oats,
you should see how Sister Birch
does a foxtrot down to church,
'cause all the Quakers
are shoulder shakers
down in Quaker Town.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
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lyric
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All The Quakers Are Shoulder Shakers 1919
Music by Pete Wendling
Lyrics by Bert Kalmar & Edgar Leslie
© MCMXIX by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 13 July 2009 at 15.57
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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