Rock It For Me (Single Version)

Rock It For Me (Single Version) - Ella Fitzgerald/Chick Webb And His Orchestra

I heard it came to town

A new kind of rhythm

Spread around

Sort of set you sizzlin'

Now I'm all through with symphony

Oh rock it for me

Every night

You'll see all the nifties

Plenty tight

Swingin' down the fifties

Now they're all through with symphony

Ho ho ho rock it for me

Now it's true that once upon a time

The opera was the thing

But today the rage is rhythm and rhyme

So won't you satisfy my soul

With the rock and roll

You can't be tame

While the band is playin'

It ain't no shame

To keep your body swayin'

Beat it out in the minor key

Ho ho ho rock it for me

Can't you hear me singin' la-la-la-la-la

While the band is swingin'

Oh Chick Webb's sockin'

And the band is rockin'

So send me lightly politely

Brightly and slightly

Ho ho ho rock it for me

Now I'm all through with this stuff they call symphony

Come on boys and sorta rock it for me

Why even all the nifties they don't want to hear any more symphony

I'm tellin' you Jack you better get hip for yourself and rock it for me

It's true that once upon a time

The opera was the thing

But today the rage is rhythm and rhyme

So won't you satisfy my soul

With the rock and roll

You can't be tame

While the band is playin'

It ain't no shame

To keep your body swayin'

Beat it out in the minor key

Oh rock it

Oh rock it

Say won't you rock it for me