Hey, get rhythm when you get the blues

C'mon and get rhythm when you get the blues

Get a rock and roll feelin' in your bones

Get taps on your toes and get gone

Get rhythm when you get the blues

A little shoeshine boy he never gets low down

But he's got the dirtiest job in town

Bendin' low at the people's feet

On a windy corner of a dirty street

Well, I asked him while he shined my shoes

How'd he keep from gettin' the blues

He grinned as he raised his little head

He popped his shoeshine rag and then he said

"Get rhythm when you get the blues

C'mon and get rhythm when you get the blues"

Yes, a jumpy rhythm makes you feel so fine

It'll shake all your troubles from your worried mind

Get rhythm when you get the blues

Get rhythm when you get the blues

C'mon and get rhythm when you get the blues

Get a rock and roll feelin' in your bones

Get taps on your toes and get gone

Get rhythm when you get the blues

Well I sat down and listened to the shoeshine boy

And I thought I was gonna jump for joy

He slapped on the shoe polish left and right

He took his shoeshine rag and he held it tight

He stopped once to wipe the sweat away

I said, "You a mighty little boy to be a workin' that way"

He said, "I like it" with a big wide grin

Kept on a poppin' and he'd say it again

"Get rhythm when you get the blues

C'mon and get rhythm when you get the blues"

It only cost a dime, just a nickel a shoe

It does a million dollars' worth of good for you

Get rhythm when you get the blues