Shimmy Moon 1920

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 10 June 2012
2012

Talk about news!
I've got a real sensation
I just can't hold it now
just wait till I've told it;
You can talk of your blues
and jazzy syncopation,
I'll put you wise
I mean I'll open your eyes.
Something has happened
to the moon of Dixie,
since jazz time came
somehow it don't act the same;
it seems to shiver
quiver by the Swanee River,
and there's no one seems to blame.

See that shimmy moon
a shining down,
Shimmy moon beams
dancing all around, ma honey.
Darkies dancing
till they shake the ground,
I got to go, oh!
Hurry back to Dixie.
Those shimmying babies
with those shimmying eyes
waiting to spread some shimmy joy;
boy! Goodbye ev'ryone
I'll see you soon in Dixie
underneath the Shimmy Moon.

See that shimmy moon
a shining down,
Shimmy moon beams
dancing all around, ma honey.
Darkies dancing
till they shake the ground,
I got to go, oh!
Hurry back to Dixie.
Those shimmying babies
with those shimmying eyes
waiting to spread some shimmy joy;
boy! Goodbye ev'ryone
I'll see you soon in Dixie
underneath the Shimmy Moon.

Talk about moons!
Here's one
that starts you dancing,
You'll holler:
"Gimme just a little more shimmy!"
You can talk about tunes
here's one that starts you prancing
shaking your feet
to jazzy music so sweet.
Old honey moons
you never see them shining
Old Uncle Joe
is lovin' old mammy Chloe;
You'll see 'em singing,
swinging to the banjos ringing
while they holler out: "Let's go!"

See that shimmy moon
a shining down,
Shimmy moon beams
dancing all around, ma honey.
Darkies dancing
till they shake the ground,
I got to go, oh!
Hurry back to Dixie.
Those shimmying babies
with those shimmying eyes
waiting to spread some shimmy joy;
boy! Goodbye ev'ryone
I'll see you soon in Dixie
underneath the Shimmy Moon.

See that shimmy moon
a shining down,
Shimmy moon beams
dancing all around, ma honey.
Darkies dancing
till they shake the ground,
I got to go, oh!
Hurry back to Dixie.
Those shimmying babies
with those shimmying eyes
waiting to spread some shimmy joy;
boy! Goodbye ev'ryone
I'll see you soon in Dixie
underneath the Shimmy Moon.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Shimmy Moon 1920
Music by Henri Klickmann
Lyrics by Jack Frost
© MCMXX by McKinley Music Co., Chicago, Illinois
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 10 June 2012 at 21.15
in associatioin with Veda Meyer-Castens
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