Rockaway 1927

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 28 May 2007
2007

We've had Walkin' the Dog
and then Ballin' the Jack,
and a lot of old dances
they tried to bring back,
but the brand new sensation
that now has the call,
is simply a movement, that's all!
You get a pleasant shock,
when you first learn to rock.

Oh, Oh, Oh, Rockaway,
just stretch your wings and sway,
let slow drag music play,
so I can Rockaway;
Mark out a little square,
then lead your lady fair,
just like a rocking chair,
you stay right there,
let both knees knock,
then rock and Rockaway.

Oh, Oh, Oh, Rockaway,
just stretch your wings and sway,
let slow drag music play,
so I can Rockaway;
Mark out a little square,
then lead your lady fair,
just like a rocking chair,
you stay right there,
let both knees knock,
then rock and Rockaway.

Ev'rybody remembers the Grizzly Bear,
but I want to tell you
it could never compare
with this brand new sensation
I'm talking about,
it's got all the others knocked out.
Don't sit and watch the clock,
go out and learn to rock!

Oh, Oh, Oh, Rockaway,
just stretch your wings and sway,
let slow drag music play,
so I can Rockaway;
Mark out a little square,
then lead your lady fair,
just like a rocking chair,
you stay right there,
let both knees knock,
then rock and Rockaway.

Oh, Oh, Oh, Rockaway,
just stretch your wings and sway,
let slow drag music play,
so I can Rockaway;
Mark out a little square,
then lead your lady fair,
just like a rocking chair,
you stay right there,
let both knees knock,
then rock and Rockaway.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Rockaway 1927
by Howard Johnson, Alex Rogers & C.Luckeyth Roberts
© MCMXVII by Leo Feist Inc.  New York
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score courtesy of Luigi Ranalli - thank you! :-)
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sequence by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 28 May 2007 at 7.51pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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