[ti:Shaking the Blues Away] [ar:Ruth Etting] [al:Love Me or Leave Me: The Original Recordings of Ruth Etting] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Shaking the Blues Away - Ruth Etting [00:11.16]There's an old superstition 'way down south [00:14.59]Ev'rybody believes that trouble won't stay [00:19.47]If you shake it away [00:23.22]When they hold a revival way down south [00:26.52]Ev'rybody with care and trouble that day [00:31.43]Tries to shake it away [00:35.58]Shaking the blues away unhappy news away [00:41.38]If you are blue it's easy to [00:43.90]Shake off your cares and troubles [00:47.32]Telling the blues to go they may refuse to go [00:52.86]But as a rule they'll go if you'll [00:55.44]Shake them away [00:58.03]Do like the darkies do [01:00.49]List'ning to a preacher way down south [01:03.72]They shake their bodies so to and fro [01:08.28]With every shake a lucky break [01:10.95]Proving that there's a way to chase your cares away [01:16.64]If you would lose your weary blues [01:18.85]Shake 'em away [01:22.70]I gotta blues you gotta blues [01:26.55]All God's chillun gotta blues [01:30.36]Come and join a rebel and we'll shake off the devil [01:33.49]And we'll shake all over God's Heaven Heaven Heaven [01:41.19]Anyone objectin' to shakin' ain't going there [01:45.17]Heaven Heaven [01:48.00]Gonna shake all over God's Heaven [01:52.05]I gotta shake you gotta shake [01:55.86]All God's chillun gotta shake shake shake [01:59.59]Nothing could be sweeter than to shake with Saint Peter [02:02.92]When we shake all over God's Heaven Heaven Heaven [02:10.64]Anyone objectin' to shakin' ain't going there [02:14.47]Heaven Heaven [02:17.63]Gonna shake all over God's Heaven [02:22.77]Shaking the blues away unhappy news away [02:28.00]If you are blue it's easy to [02:29.94]Shake off your cares and troubles [02:33.32]Telling the blues to go they may refuse to go [02:38.94]But as a rule they'll go if you'll [02:40.86]Shake them away [02:43.39]Do like the darkies do [02:45.71]List'ning to a preacher way down south [02:49.44]They shake their bodies so to and fro [02:52.92]With every shake a lucky break [02:55.55]Proving that there's a way to chase your cares away [03:01.29]If you would lose your weary blues [03:03.39]Shake 'em away