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I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate

from 20s 30s Tin Pan Alley Vol​.​1 by Greg Poppleton

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    "A 1920s-30s mix of the very familiar and lesser-known sung with a big smile." Dave J Doyle, The Syncopated Times.

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First track of this 9 track album. A guide for you to how the CD sounds. Buy it support real musicians.
Songs on this CD are:
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate - 2:51
St James Infirmary (re-mix) - 3:08
Happy Days Are Here Again - 3:35
Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue - 1:55
My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes - 2:54
The Charleston - 2:30
Ain’t She Sweet - 2:36
My Gal Sal - 3:09
Singing in the Bathtub - 2:10

Sister Kate - Words and music by Armand Piron (1922). One of my favorite songs and sung at the original tempo.

lyrics

I went to a dance with my sister Kate;
Everyone there said she danced so great;
I realized a thing or two
Then I got wise to something new

I looked at Kate she was in a trance
I understtod it was in her dance
All the boys are going wild
Over Katie's dancing style

I wish I could I shimmy like my sister Kate
She shimmies like a jelly on a plate
My mama wanted to know last night
Why all the boys think sister Kate's so nice

Everyone in the neighborhood
Knows that she can shimmy and it's understood;
I know that I'm late but I'll be up-to-date
When I can shimmy like my sister Kate
I mean, shimmy like my sister Kate

credits

from 20s 30s Tin Pan Alley Vol​.​1, released October 11, 2019
Greg Poppleton - vocals
Grahame Conlon - banjo
Adam Barnard - washboard

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Greg Poppleton Sydney, Australia

I saw Louis Armstrong on TV when I was 3 and have been hooked on 1920s-1930s jazz and swing ever since. I sing songs with some musician characters

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