From the 1957 film “Don’t Knock the Rock”.
Words and music by Robert E. Kent and Fred Karger.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Chorus
Don’t knock the rock, Don’t knock the rock
Don’t knock the rock, Don’t knock the rock
Well my baby don’t do nothin’ but rock and roll, that’s all
Verse
- You can knock bebop and you can knock swing
Say what you want about any old thing
Don’t knock the rock, etc. . .
Interlude
- When my baby dances, she’s as tall as a clown
If she ever fell she’d have to fall out of town
Dances in the kitchen with her feet in the hall
Rollin’ and rock, she’s havin’ a ball, well
Verse
- You can knock mambo or dozey do’s
Say what you want about any of those
But don’t knock the rock, etc. . .
Interlude
- When my baby’s dancin’ she’s really alive
Grabs herself a partner, mister five by five
Swings him from a tree, like a happy baboon
Two steps back, throws him over the moon, well
Verse
- You can knock at the jive and the boogie beat
Kick about these with both of your feet
But don’t knock the rock, etc. . .