Rock-A-Billy

Guy Mitchell

Written by Woody Harris and Eddie V. Deane



Peaked at # 10 in 1957

This song title was the first hit to give a name to the unique combination of rock &

country "hillbilly" music, as represented by dozens of hits pioneered by Sam Phillips'

Memphis-based Sun Records label in the mid-1950s.



CHORUS:

Rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock

Rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock, rock, rock

Rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock

Rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock, rock



Some people think it came from Tennessee

Then spread on out to the lone prairie

It's the hillbilly rock, feeddlee dee

Turns me inside out

Gimme some

CHORUS



Hey, grab yourself a partner, lose the blues

Wear your store-bought clothes and your stompin' shoes

Better head for the hills, gonna blow my fuse

Hooo, I'm gonna shout

Gimme some

CHORUS



Since rock-a-billy swang the do-si-do

And the gee-tar man chased the old banjo

Leave the hoe for the crow, holler "Go, oh man, go"

Wiggle like a trout

Gimme some



Rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock

Rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock, rock, rock

Rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock

Rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, hoo!, rock, rock



From the moment I feel this crazy beat

Ya gotta lose control or you're two left feet

Give me mountain juice, turn me loose

Leave me wave my arms about

Gimme some

CHORUS



BRIDGE

Ya know what rock-a-billy's all about

Ya know it's gonna make ya sing and shout

Ya know you're gonna act like a crazy fool

Who cares? It's cool



Rock-a-billy, rock-a-billy, rock, rock