{"id":3588,"date":"2023-05-07T16:27:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T16:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3588"},"modified":"2026-06-24T15:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:41:06","slug":"shaking-the-blues-away","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/shaking-the-blues-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaking the Blues Away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From \u201cZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1927,\u201d 1927.<br>Also sung &amp; danced by Ann Miller in M-G-M Music film \u201cEASTER PARADE,\u201d 1948.<br>Words and Music by Irving Berlin.<br>Cover Art (uncredited) by Henry Clive.<br>Copyright \u00a915 Aug 1927.<br>Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The original sheet music:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Shaking-the-Blues-Away.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Shaking the Blues Away - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d5f4cee9-eb64-44f5-b9ec-dbc55e209b79\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Shaking-the-Blues-Away.pdf\">Shaking the Blues Away &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Shaking-the-Blues-Away.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d5f4cee9-eb64-44f5-b9ec-dbc55e209b79\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 1948 sheet music:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Shaking-the-Blues-Away-EASTER-PARADE-1948-film.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Shaking-the-Blues-Away-EASTER-PARADE-1948-film - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ab6bb67b-f143-4a76-befc-492fa87ac05c\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Shaking-the-Blues-Away-EASTER-PARADE-1948-film.pdf\">Shaking-the-Blues-Away-EASTER-PARADE-1948-film &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Shaking-the-Blues-Away-EASTER-PARADE-1948-film.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ab6bb67b-f143-4a76-befc-492fa87ac05c\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-22c45618-c0fb-474e-8745-afc4a1d930ba\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Shaking_The_Blues_Away_1927_Berlin_s_JPP.mid\">Shaking_The_Blues_Away &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Shaking_The_Blues_Away_1927_Berlin_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-22c45618-c0fb-474e-8745-afc4a1d930ba\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s an old superstition way down south<br>Ev&#8217;ry darkie believes that trouble won&#8217;t stay<br>If you shake it away<br>When they hold a revival way down south<br>Ev&#8217;ry darkie with care and trouble that day<br>Tries to shake it away<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Shaking the blues away, unhappy news away<br>If you are blue, it&#8217;s easy to<br>Shake off your cares and troubles<br>Telling the blues to go, they may refuse to go<br>But as a rule they&#8217;ll go if you&#8217;ll shake them away<br>Do like the darkies do<br>List&#8217;ning to a preacher way down south<br>They shake their bodies so to and fro<br>With every shake a lucky break<br>Proving that there&#8217;s a way to chase your cares away<br>If you would lose your weary blues shake them away<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patter:<br>I gotta blues, you gotta blues<br>All God&#8217;s chillun gotta blues<br>Come and join a rebel<br>And we&#8217;ll shake off the devil<br>And we&#8217;ll shake all over<br>God&#8217;s Heaven, Heaven, Heaven<br>Anyone objectin&#8217; to shakin&#8217;<br>Ain&#8217;t going there, Heaven, Heaven<br>Gonna shake all over God&#8217;s Heaven<br>I gotta shake, you gotta shake<br>All God&#8217;s chillun gotta shake, shake, shake<br>Nothing could be sweeter<br>Than to shake with Saint Peter<br>When we shake all over<br>God&#8217;s Heaven, Heaven, Heaven<br>Anyone objectin&#8217; to shakin&#8217;<br>Ain&#8217;t going there, Heaven, Heaven<br>Gonna shake all over God&#8217;s Heaven<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] From \u201cZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1927,\u201d 1927.Also sung &amp; danced by Ann Miller in M-G-M Music film \u201cEASTER PARADE,\u201d 1948.Words and Music by Irving Berlin.Cover Art (uncredited) by Henry Clive.Copyright \u00a915 Aug 1927.Sheet Music from the collection of Michael &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/shaking-the-blues-away\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Shaking the Blues Away&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3588","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-VS","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3588"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5693,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3588\/revisions\/5693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}