SPREADIN' RHYTHM AROUND
Jimmy McHugh (m) Ted Koehler (l)


Billie Holiday w Teddy Wilson & his Orch   rec Dec 3rd 1935 New York


also-
Fats Waller & his Rhythm '35




Music everywhere, feet are pattin',
Puttin tempo in old Manhattan,
Everybody is out high-hattin',
Spreadin' rhythm around.


Everwhere you go, trumpets blarin',
Drums and saxophones rippin', tearin',
Everybody you meet is rarin',
Spreadin' rhythm around.


Up in Harlem, in any flat,
They give it that thing,
which, accordin' to one and all,
Is what they call swing!


Those who can't afford silk and satin
Dance with gigolos who are Latin,
Come from Yonkers, The Bronx and Staten,
Spreadin' rhythm around.








(Contributed by Peter Akers - September 2008)