ROCK THE JOINT
(Harry Crafton / Wendell Keene / Harry Bagby)


Jimmy Preston & His Prestonians - 1949
Chris Powell & The Five Blue Flames - 1949
Jimmy Cavallo & His Houserockers - 1951
Bill Haley & The Saddlemen - 1952
Lola Ameche - 1952
Bill Haley & His Comets - 1957 (re-recorded as "New Rock the Joint")
Wild Angels - 1979
The Rock'n'Roll Group - 1984
Reverend Horton Heat - 1996







As recorded by CHRIS POWELL 
& THE FIVE BLUE FLAMES, 22nd September 1949:


We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock this joint tonight

We're gonna Hucklebuck and Jitterbug
Ev'rybody gonna cut some rug
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock this joint tonight

Well, the ceilin' is fallin' and I'm high as a kite
Ev'rybody gonna rock tonight
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock this joint tonight

Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint
Rock this joint

(Instrumental Break)

Well, pull down the curtains, tear up the floor
Until the law comes knockin' at the door
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock this joint tonight


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As recorded by BILL HALEY & THE SADDLEMEN:


We're gonna tear down the mailbox, rip up the floor
Smash out the windows and knock down the door
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock this joint tonight

Well, six times six is thirty six
I ain't gonna hit for six more licks
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock this joint tonight

(Instrumental Break)

Do the Sugarfoot Rag side by side
Flyin' low and a-flyin' wide
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock this joint tonight

(Instrumental Break)

Do an old Paul Jones and a Virginia reel
Just let your feet know how you feel
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock this joint tonight

(Instrumental Break)

Well, six times six is thirty six
I ain't gonna hit for six more licks
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock, rock this joint
We're gonna rock this joint tonight






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2015)