SWEET SIXTEEN (Ertegun)
(Ertegun)

as recorded by Chuck Berry


They really rockin' in Boston, in Pittsburgh P A,
Deep in the heart of Texas and round the 'Frisco Bay.
All over St Louis and down in New Orleans,
All the cats wanna dance with sweet little sixteen!

Sweet little sixteen, she's just got to have
About half a million famed autographs!
Her wallet's filled with pictures, she gets 'em one by one,
Becomes so excited, watch her, look at her run boy!

Oh mommy mommy, please may I go?
It's such a sight to see somebody steal the show!
Oh daddy daddy, I beg of you,
Whisper to mommy it's alright with you!

'Cause they'll be rockin' on bandstand in Philadelphia P A,
Deep in the heart of Texas and round the 'Frisco Bay.
All over St Louis, way down in New Orleans,
All the cats wanna dance with sweet little sixteen!

'Cause they'll be rockin' on bandstand, Philadelphia P A,
Deep in the heart of Texas and round the 'Frisco Bay.
All over St Louis, way down in New Orleans,
All the cats wanna dance with sweet little sixteen!

Sweet little sixteen, she's got the grownup blues,
Tight dresses and lipstick, she's sportin' high heel shoes!
Oh, but tomorrow mornin', she'll have to change her trend,
And be sweet sixteen and back in class again!

But they'll be rockin' in Boston, in Pittsburgh P A,
Deep in the heart of Texas and round the 'Frisco Bay.
Way out in St Louis, way down in New Orleans,
All the cats wanna dance with sweet little sixteen!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2021)