From Michael Todd’s Peep Show, 1950.
Words and music by Harold Rome.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Had enough of the old stuff
I want to tell you of a step
That is ancient but still brand new
Nobody’s revived it yet
But they will and when they do
I promise you a thrill
Refrain
Take the Charleston, waltz or two-step
Bunny hug, or Suzie Q step
Gimme the shimmy
Shimmy shawobble
Gimme the shimmy
Take the toddle or Black bottom
Here’s an old one really got ’em
Gimme the shimmy
Shimmy shawobble
Gimme the shimmy
Do you remember Gilda Gray?
How she shook and shook
And took your breath away?
Take your hoppin’ red hot mammas
I know what’s the cat’s pajamas
Gimme the shimmy
Shimmy shawobble
Gimme the shimmy