SHINE
(Lew Brown / Ford Dabney / Cecil Mack)
Recorded by:
Harry Allen; Dave Apollon; Louis Armstrong; Sidney Bechet;
Acker Bilk; Ruby Braff; Jim Buchmann; Albert Burbank;
Chazz Cats; Rosemary Clooney; Al Cohn Quintet; Ken Collyer;
Roy Cooder; Billy Cotton & his Band; Bing Crosby;
Putney Dandridge; Chris Daniels; Eddie Daniels;
Wild Bill Davidson; Dolly Dawn; Barrett Deems;
Vic Dickenson; Diz Disley; Roy Eldridge; Les Elgart;
Herb Ellis; Lars Erstrand; Eureka Brass Band;
Ella Fitzgerald; Chris Florey; Pete Fountain;
Four Bales of Cotton; Stan Getz; Nat Gonella; Benny Goodman;
Stephane Grappelli; Scott Hamilton; Pat Hawes; Milt Hinton;
Art Hodes; Hot Club USA; Hot Strings; Dick Hyman Group;
Harry James; Bunk Johnson; Freddy Johnson; Louis Jordan;
Mikole E. Kaar; Janet Klein; Frankie Laine; Tim Laughlin;
Harry Levine & his Strictly from Dixie Jazz Band;
Wingy Manone; Gary Miller; The Mills Brothers; Moreno;
Moss & Jacobs; Jimmy Noone; Kid Ory; Poker Dots;
Louis Prima; Quintet of the Hot Club of France;
Django Reinhardt; Kermit Ruffins; Eric Schneider;
Boyd Senter; Frank Sinatra; Willie "The Lion" Smith;
Southern Jazz; Jesse Stafford; Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orch.;
Ralph Sutton; Swedish Jazz Kings; Jack Teagarden; Rene Thomas;
Bill Trujillo; Joe Venuti; Chick Webb & his Orch.;
White Lightnin' Washboard Band.
Cause my hair is curly
Just because my teeth are pearly
Just because I always wear a smile
Like to dress up in the latest style
Cause I'm glad I'm livin'
I take these troubles all with a smile
Just because my color's shady,
That's the difference, maybe, why they call me
Shine, sway your blues'ies.
Why don't you shine?
Start with your shoes'ies.
Shine each place up, make it look like new.
Shine your face up, I want to see you wear a smile or two.
Why don't you shine your these and thoseies?
You'll find everything gonna turn out right fine
Folks will shine up to ya'
Everybody's gonna howdy doody do-ya'
You'll make the whole world shine
Oh chocolate drop, that's me...
Cause my hair is curly, (man's got curly hair)
Now just because my teeth are pearly, (also got pearly teeth)
Just because I always wear a smile, (oh keep on smiling)
Like to dress us, babe, in the latest style.
Cause I'm glad I'm livin'
I take these troubles all with a smile
Now just because my color's shady (you's a shady baby)
That's the difference, maybe, why they call me...
Shine away your blues'ies
Shine, start with your shoes'ies
You'll make the whole world shine
