SHUT UP AND DRINK YOUR BEER
(Bob Newman)


Doye O'Dell - 1949

Also recorded by: Luke Wills' Rhythm Busters;
Merle Travis; River Band; The Rimshots.

As recorded by DOYE O'DELL:


(Drunk Voice: Hey, let's have some music)

There's a place on the corner where the gang loves to meet
Where the jukebox music makes you tap your feet
In the middle of the evening when the spirits are gay
The fat bartender, you will hear him say

Shut Up!....(Who me?)....and drink your beer
There's a man asleep 'neath the table in the rear
Shut Up!....(I'm sorry)....and drink your beer
It's time to have another

Now Patrick Mahoney, he was always the same
He'd lick any man with an Irish name
The door it would open and Patrick walk in
Now this is the place where the chorus begins

Shut Up!....(I didn't do anything)....and drink your beer
The man's still asleep 'neath the table in the rear
Shut Up!....(Honestly)....and drink your beer
It's time to have another

As the place gets noisy and you know that it will
The folks all around you seem to have their fill
You all know the words from beginning to end
So, one-two-three, let's all sing it again

Shut Up!....(Now wassamatta?)....and drink your beer
The man's still asleep 'neath the table in the rear
Shut Up!....(Hey, you wanna fight?)....and drink your beer
It's time to have another

(Oh, excuse me)







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2011)