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Rock-A-Billy
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Guy Mitchell
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Written by Woody Harris and Eddie V. Deane
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Peaked at # 10 in 1957
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This song title was the first hit to give a name to the unique combination of rock &
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country "hillbilly" music, as represented by dozens of hits pioneered by Sam Phillips'
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Memphis-based Sun Records label in the mid-1950s.
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CHORUS:
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Rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock
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Rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock, rock, rock
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Rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock
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Rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock, rock
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Some people think it came from Tennessee
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Then spread on out to the lone prairie
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It's the hillbilly rock, feeddlee dee
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Turns me inside out
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Gimme some
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CHORUS
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Hey, grab yourself a partner, lose the blues
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Wear your store-bought clothes and your stompin' shoes
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Better head for the hills, gonna blow my fuse
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Hooo, I'm gonna shout
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Gimme some
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CHORUS
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Since rock-a-billy swang the do-si-do
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And the gee-tar man chased the old banjo
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Leave the hoe for the crow, holler "Go, oh man, go"
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Wiggle like a trout
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Gimme some
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Rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock
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Rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock, rock, rock
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Rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock
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Rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, hoo!, rock, rock
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From the moment I feel this crazy beat
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Ya gotta lose control or you're two left feet
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Give me mountain juice, turn me loose
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Leave me wave my arms about
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Gimme some
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CHORUS
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BRIDGE
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Ya know what rock-a-billy's all about
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Ya know it's gonna make ya sing and shout
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Ya know you're gonna act like a crazy fool
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Who cares? It's cool
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Rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock, rock
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Rock A Billy
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| Guy Mitchell |
