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Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy Lyrics By Freddy Cannon

    have you ever passed the corner of fourth and grand
    where a little ball of rhythmhasa shoe shinestand
    people gather round and they claptheir hands

    he’s a great big bundle of joy
    he pops the boogie woogie rag
    the chattanooga shoe shine boy

    yeah he charges you a nickel just to shine one shoe
    he makes the oldest kind of leather look like new
    you feel as though you wanna dance when he gets through

    he’s a great big bundle of joy
    he pops the boogie woogie rag
    the chattanooga shoe shine boy

    it’s a wonder that the rag don’t tear
    the way he makes it pop
    you ought to see him fan the air
    with his hoppity hippity
    hoppity hippity hop hop hop

    he opens up for business when the clock strikes nine
    he likes to get ’em early when they’re feelin’ fine
    everybody gets a little rise and shine

    with the great big bundle of joy
    he pops the boogie woogie rag
    the chattanooga shoe shine boy

    yeah whoa
    whoa do it do it do it

    it’s a wonder that the rag don’t tear
    the way he makes it pop
    you ought to see him fan the air
    with his hoppity hippity
    hippity hippity hop hop hop

    he opens up for business when the clock strikes nine
    he likes to get ’em early when they’re feelin’ fine
    everybody gets a little rise and shine

    with the great big bundle of joy
    he pops the boogie woogie rag
    the chattanooga shoe shine boy

    yeah whoa
    do it do it do it do it do it

    Artist: Freddy Cannon

    Year: 1960

    Decade: 60s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 156