Swing the mood (1989) (video)

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1. C'mon, everybody ! CCC'mon, everybody !

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+ 1-2, 1-2, 1-1-1 ...

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2. 1-2-3-o'clock, 4 o'clock rock,

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5-6-7- o'clock, 8 o'clock rock,

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9-10-11 o'clock, 12 o'clock rock,

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we're gonna rock around the clock tonight !

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Put your glad rags on, and join me, hun,

we'll have some fun when the clock strikes one.

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We're gonna rock around the clock tonight,

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we're gonna rock rock rock, til' the broad daylight,

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we're gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight !

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3. Rock-rock rock, rock everybody, roll roll roll, everybody,

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rock rock, rock, everybody, roll roll, roll, everybody,

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rock, rock, rock, everybody, rocking to the groove with me !

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+ Wham wham, wham, wham, bam, babaluma,

wham wham, bam, babaluma !

Whambam, babaluma, balan bam, bam,

bam, (Wey) bam (wey) bam (wey-wey-wey-wey-wey)

bam (Wey-wey-wey-wey-weyy) !

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4. Wake up little Susie wake, up !

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Wake, up little Susie wake, up !

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We've both been sound asleep,

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wake up little Susie and weep,

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The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock, and we're in trouble deep !

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Wake up, little Susie, wake up, little Susie!

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We gotta go home, wooh-wooh-wooh-wooh-wooh-wooh-wooh !

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5. You ain't nothing but a hound dog, crying all the time,

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you ain't nothing but a hound dog, crying all the time !

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Well, you ain't ever caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine !

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6. Shake-shake-shake- shake, rattle, and roll,

come on, shake, rattle and roll,

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I said, shake, rattle and roll,

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I said, shake, rattle and roll !

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7. A-well-a bless my soul, what's wrong with me ?

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I'm itching like a man on a fuzzy tree.

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My friends say I'm acting wild as a bug,

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I'm in love, I'm all shook up !

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8. The warden threw a party in the county jail,

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the prison band was here and they began to wail.

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The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing,

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you should've heard them knocked out jailbirds sing !

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Let's rock, everybody, let's rock,

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everybody in the whole cell block was dancin’ to the jailhouse rock !

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9. Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah !

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Now’s the hop hop, hop, hop, hop !

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+ Wham wham, wham, wham, bam, babaluma,

wham wham, bam, babaluma,

wham bam, babaluma, balan bam, bam, bam !

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(orig. = capo 1st) (Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers)