ROCK-A-BOOGIE BABY
(Darnel / Richards / Fishman)

Bill Darnel - 1956
Diana Decker - 1956


I know a little baby down the street
Who's got the cutest way with a boogie beat
He's got a little rattle he shakes around
I don't know where that rhythm he ever found
Oh, he's a rock-a-boogie baby
Rock-a-boogie baby of mine

He's a boogie fella, natural born
Who never ever likes lullabies or corn
He always uses boogie to go to sleep
Shakes his little rattle 'stead of countin' sheep
'Cause he's a rock-a-boogie baby
Rock-a-boogie baby of mine

A Poppa said to Mama, "Whatever did we do?
To make the baby boogie instead of goo-ga-goo"
A Mama said to Poppa, "It's funny, but it's true
The baby rocks a boogie like we used to do"

I know a little baby down the street
Who's got the cutest way with a boogie beat
He's got a little rattle he shakes around
I don't know where that rhythm he ever found
Oh, he's a rock-a-boogie baby
Rock-a-boogie baby of mine

Rock, rock, rock-a-boogie baby
Rock, rock, rock-a-boogie baby
Rock, rock, rock-a-boogie baby
Rock, rock, rock-a-boogie baby
Rock-a-boogie, rock-a-boogie
Rock-a-boogie baby of mine

He's a boogie fella, natural born
Who never ever likes lullabies or corn
He always uses boogie to go to sleep
Shakes his little rattle 'stead of countin' sheep
'Cause he's a rock-a-boogie baby
Rock-a-boogie baby of mine

I know a little baby down the street
Who's got the cutest way with a boogie beat
He's got a little rattle he shakes around
I don't know where that rhythm he ever found
Oh, he's a rock-a-boogie baby
Rock-a-boogie baby of mine

A rock-a-boogie baby
A rock-a-boogie baby
Oh, he's a rock-a-boogie baby
Rock-a-boogie baby of mine



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2002)