I was born in a shack in West Tennessee
I picked that cotton down upon my knees
The sun got hotter each and every day
But me and my brothers kept a-pickin' away
Seemed like the sun would never go down
So we could clap our hands and gather around
And do the boogie boogie
Yeah I learned the rhythm boogie woogie rhythm
And it wasn't very long
Till I was doin' the boogie woogie rhythm
Well I prayed all week for Saturday night
Turn my back on the sun and put the sack out of sight
Take the long dusty road into town
My feet kept the rhythm as I walked the hot ground
But nothing could keep me from my favourite spot
Where the chicks were a-waitin' and the music was hot
Born to boogie boogie
Lord I got the rhythm boogie woogie rhythm
And it wasn't very long
Till I done the boogie woogie rhythm
Like this I did the boogie
Well Monday morning was always bad
But it was worth it all for the time I had
Lord oh Lordy how I wish it would rain
Just the sun have mercy on a country boy's pain
But I make believe everything's all right
Gonna do it again come Saturday night
I do the boogie boogie
Yeah-yeah with lots of rhythm boogie woogie rhythm
Lord I learned to move by doin' that boogie woogie rhythm
Like this I did the boogie
Born to boogie yeah
Born to boogie yeah full of rhythm yeah
Born to boogie yeah yeah hah
Born to boogie one more time Born to boogie yeah
