Listen to Shakin' the Blues Away song with lyrics from Ruth Etting

Shakin' the Blues Away

Ruth Etting22 Apr 2023

Shakin' the Blues Away Lyrics

Shakin' the Blues Away - Ruth Etting

There's an old superstition 'way down south

Ev'ry darkie believes that trouble won't stay

 

If you shake it away

 

When they hold a revival way down south

Ev'ry darkie with care and trouble that day

 

Tries to shake it away

 

Shaking the blues away unhappy news away

If you are blue it's easy to

Shake off your cares and troubles

Telling the blues to go they may refuse to go

 

But as a rule they'll go if you'll

Shake them away

Do like the darkies do list'ning to a

Preacher way down south

They shake their bodies so to and fro

 

With every shake a lucky break

Proving that there's a way to chase your cares away

If you would lose your weary blues

Shake them away

 

I gotta blues you gotta blues

 

All God's chillun gotta blues

 

Come and join a rebel and we'll shake off the devil

And we'll shake all over God's Heaven Heaven Heaven

Anyone objectin' to shakin' ain't going there

Heaven Heaven

Gonna shake all over God's Heaven

I gotta shake you gotta shake

 

All God's chillun gotta shake shake shake

Nothing could be sweeter than to shake with Saint Peter

When we shake all over God's Heaven Heaven Heaven

Anyone objectin' to shakin' ain't going there

Heaven Heaven

Gonna shake all over God's Heaven

 

Shaking Shaking the blues away unhappy unhappy news away

If you are blue it's easy to

Shake off your cares and troubles

Telling Telling the blues to go they may they may refuse to go

But as a rule they'll go if you'll

Shake them away

Do like the darkies do list'ning to a preacher way down south

They shake their bodies so to and fro

With every shake a lucky break

Proving Proving that there's a way

To chase to chase your cares away

If you would lose your weary blues

 

Shake them away