Well Joe, we gotta go, me oh, my oh
We gotta go blow the window at the bayou
It'll take the fight in the snow, me oh, my oh
Son of a gun, we'll have a big fun on the bayou
Well, jambalaya, the crawfish pie, the city gumbo
Well, son of a gun, we'll have a big fun on the bayou
Well joe, we gotta go, me oh, my oh
I don't you know we gotta go blow some window at the bayou
I said shake, rattle and roll
I said shake, rattle and roll
I said shake, rattle and roll
I said shake
Well, get out of the bed
Wash you face and hands
Get out of that bed
Wash your face and hands
Yeah, honey, you gotta roll me some breakfast
Cause I'm a hungry man
Well, I believe to my soul you're the devil in nylon hose
Don't you know I believe to my soul you're the devil in nylon hose
The harder I work the faster my money goes
I said shake, rattle and roll
I said shake, rattle and roll
I said shake, rattle and roll
I said shake, rattle and roll
Well, you never do nothing to save your doggone soul
Well, you never do nothing to save your doggone soul
Yeah, baby, you never do nothing to save
Bop-a-lena, bop-a-lena, she's my gal
oh, Bop-a-lena, bop-a-lena, yeah, she's my gal
She's my gal and I love her so
Oop-scooby-dooby-lena, go-gal-go
Well the school bells are ringing, everybody's going out
Going to the shag, gonna shake it all about
Bop-a-lena looking like a rose from de wild
Man, I dig that freak juvenile
Bop-a-lena looking like a real cool chick
Look at her join the other freaks
Bop-a-lena, bop-a-lena, yeah, she's my gal
Oh, Bop-a-lena, bop-a-lena, yeah, she's my gal
She's my gal and I love her so
Oop-scooby-dooby-lena, go-gal-go