From the Fox Movietone Follies of 1929.
Words and music by Con Conrad, Sidney D. Mitchell, and Archie Gottler.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Hey, flappers, this way flappers
I’ll floor you with a new dance
What a new dance, hotter than hot
And it’s got new tricks in it
I’m fixin’ it for you
So you can learn ev’ry new turn
Here is the high spot
Chorus
Let’s do the Breakaway
Get hot and shake away
It’s got the snappiest syncopation
Three times up on your heels
Oh boy, how good it feels
You get the happiest new sensation
Write a little note on your toes
Don’t forget to dot the “I”
Look at what you wrote
Goodness knows it’s easy as “Pie”
Come on and fake away
Get hot and shake away
You’ll do the Breakaway bye and bye
- Get hep to it, and step to it freely
Loosen your joints, let its good points
Fill you with vim (get in trim)
Adds vigor to your figure and really
After a while, you’re gonna smile
‘Cause it’s so simple
Sung here by Fred Feild: