| Well, have you ever passed
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| The corner of 4th and Grand
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| Where a little ball of rhythm
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| Has a shoeshine stand
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| People gather round and they clap their hands
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| He’s a great big bundle of joy
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| He pops a boogie woogie rag
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| Chattanooga shoeshine boy
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| Well, he charges you a nickel
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| Just to shine one shoe
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| He makes the oldest kind
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| Of laughter look like new
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| You feel as though you wanna dance
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| When he gets through
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| He’s a great big bundle of joy
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| He pops a boogie, woogie rag
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| Chattanooga shoeshine boy
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| It’s a wonder that the rag don’t tear
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| The way he makes it pop
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| You oughta see him fan the air
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| With his hoppity, hippity
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| Hoppity, hippity, hoppity, hippity hop
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| He opens up for business
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| When the clock strikes nine
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| He likes to get 'em early
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| When they’re feelin' fine
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| Everybody gets a little rise and shine
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| 'Bout that great big bungle of joy
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| He pops a boogie, woogie rag
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| Chattanooga shoeshine boy
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| It’s a wonder that the rag don’t tear
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| The way he makes it pop
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| You oughta see him fan the air
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| With his hoppity, hippity
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| Hoppity, hippity, hoppity, hippity hop
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| He opens up for business
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| When the clock strikes nine
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| He likes to get 'em early
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| When they’re feelin' fine
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| Everybody gets a little rise and shine
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| 'Bout that great big bungle of joy
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| He pops a boogie, woogie rag
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| Chattanooga shoeshine boy… |