Written by Rudy Love, Zebedee Phillips, Dennise Love, Gerald Love, Diane Love, Peggy Love, and Tyree Judie, Jr.
From the movie "The Blues Brothers"
Originally recorded by James and Bobby Purify
Recorded by Ray Charles with vocals from John Belushi (Joliet Jake Blues) and Dan Ackroyd (Elwood Blues)
Appears on the album "Genius & Soul, The 50th Anv. Coll. Vol. 5"
[ band joins in ]
Well I know that the Boogiloo is out of sight
but the shingaling she's paying tonight
but if that were you and me hotta baba
I would have shown you how to do right
Do it right, ( ah ha ), do it right
Do it right, ( do it right ), (( do it right ))
(( Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ))
(( Twisting, shake-it shake-it shake-it shake-it baba ))
(( Heaven go loop-dee-loop )), shake it up baba
(( Heaven go loop-dee-li ))
[ low ] Bend over and let me see you shake your tail feather
[ mid joins ] Bend over and let me see you shake your tail feather
[ All ] Come on and let me see you shake your tail feather
Come on and let me see you shake your tail feather
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
[ repeat chorus ]
Come on! Come on baba!
Come on-on, yeah come on babe
Alright, do the twist
Do the fly, oh!
Do the swim, ha ha ha
And do the bird
Wo do the jerk
And do the monkey
Hey hey watoosie
And uh what about the fool
Do the mash potato!
What about the boogiloo
Or the phoney moroney
Come on and do the twist
(( Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ))
Twisting, shake-it shake-it shake-it shake-it baba
Twisting, skake-it shake-it shake-it shake-it baba
transcribed by tpeach@gte.net