. . . I’m Charleston Crazy
A popular song from 1924.
Words and music by R. Arthur Booker, Chas. A. Matson, and Irving Mills.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I went down to Carolina
I went down there just to find
A dance that would be new
And cheer you when you’re blue
While I passed the time away
In a low-down cabaret
I heard a crowd a-cryin’ loud
And carryin’ on this way, they said
Chorus
Hey! Hey! and Hee! Hee!
This Charleston’s got me crazy
Ha! Ha! and Ho! Ho!
Now all get in a row
Now just clap your hands
Stamp your feet
This old Charleston can’t be beat
Say, Hey! Hey! and Hee! Hee!
And beat the time for me
You do your stuff when I get thru
Let us see what you can do
Well, Hey! Hey! and Hee! Hee!
I’m Charleston crazy
- When I came from Carolina
All my news had gotten
Kinda stale to old New York
For it was all the talk
When I tried to demonstrate
I was just a month too late
For ev’ry Brown had got it down
Includin’ sister Kate, they said
Sung here by Fred Feild: