Went to a dance last Sat'day night And what I mean this dance was tight Given by a man named Lovey Joe In a small room 'bout two by four And in this room they was thick as bees You could hardly tell the he's from the she's And when the band began to play I could hear them say Ohhhh shout you cats Do it, stomp it, step you rats Shake your shimmies, break a leg Grab your gal and knock 'em dead Ohhhh, come on an' do that thing Hey, hey, everybody sing It got so good they threw away they hats I could hear 'em hollerin'Shout you cats In came the cop 'bout half past four I thought for sure we was booked to go He saidEverybody fall in line They kept on dancin' paid him no mind A great big fella 'bout six foot tall Grabbed the cop and slammed him up against the wall The cop said Buddy, everything OK Listen to what I say Ohhhh shout you cats Do it, stomp it, step you rats Shake your shimmies, break a leg Grab your gal and knock 'em dead Ohhhh, come on an' do that thing Hey, hey, everybody sing Ohhhh shout you cats Do it, stomp it, step you rats Shake your shimmies, break a leg Grab your gal and knock 'em dead Ohhhh, come on an' do that thing Hey, hey, everybody sing It got so good they threw away they hats I could hear 'em hollerin'Shout you cats Get off, get off Ohhh, shake that thing Walk it, walk it