A popular song from 1920.
Words by Jack Frost.
Music by F. Henri Klickmann.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Talk about news! I’ve got a real sensation
I just can’t hold it now, just wait till I’ve told it
You can talk of your blues and jazzy syncopation
I’ll put you wise, I mean I’ll open your eyes
Something has happened to the moon of Dixie
Since jazz time came, somehow it don’t act the same
It seems to shiver, quiver by the Swanee River
And there’s no one seems to blame
Chorus:
See that shimmy Moon a-shining down
Shimmy moonbeams dancing all around, my honey
Darkies dancing till they shake the ground
I got to go, oh! hurry back to Dixie
Those shimmying babies with those shimmying eyes
Waiting to spread some shimmy joy, boy!
Goodbye, everyone, I’ll see you soon in Dixie
Underneath the shimmy moon
2. Talk about moons! here’s one that starts you dancing
You’ll holler, “Gimeme just a little more shimmy!”
You can talk about tunes, here’s one that starts you prancing
Shaking your feet to jazzy music so sweet
Old honeymoons, you never see them shining
Old Uncle Joe is lovin’ old mammy Chloe
You’ll see ’em singing, swinging to the banjos ringing
While they holler out, “Let’s go!”