Hey get rhythm when you get the blues
Hey get rhythm when you get the blues Yes a jumpy rhythm makes you feel so fine It’ll shake all the trouble from your worried mind
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Little shoeshine boy never gets low down
But he’s got the dirtiest job in town
Bending low at the peoples’ feet
On the windy corner of the dirty street
Well I asked him while he shined my shoes
How’d he keep from getting the blues
He grinned as he raised his little head
Popped a shoeshine rag and then he said
Well I sat down to listen to the shoeshine boy
And I thought I was gonna jump for joy
Slapped on the shoe polish left and right
He took a shoeshine rag and he held it tight
He stopped once to wipe the sweat away
I said you’re a mighty little boy to be a-working that way
He said I like it with a big wide grin
Kept on a popping and he said again