Barefootin' (1966)’
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1. Everybody get on your feet,
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you
make me nervous when you in your seat,
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take
off your shoes and pat your feet,
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we're
doin a dance that can't be beat.
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We're barefootin', we're barefootin',
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we're barefootin', we're barefootin'.
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2. Went to a party the other
night,
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Long Tall Sally was out of
sight,
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threw
way her wig, and her high sneakers too,
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she
was doin a dance without any shoes.
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She was barefootin', she was barefootin',
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she was barefootin',
she was barefootin'.
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3. Hey, little gal with the red
dress on,
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I bet you can barefoot all
night long,
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take
off your shoes and throw them away,
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come
back and get them another day !
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We’re barefootin', we’re barefootin',
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we’re barefootin', we’re barefootin'.
+ instrumental = verse 4
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4. Lil John Henry he
said to Sue,
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if I
was barefootin' would you barefoot, too ?
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Sue told John, "I'm
thirty two,
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I was barefootin
ever since I was two.
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There was barefootin', there was barefootin',
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there was barefootin', there was barefootin'.
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+ We barefootin', we barefootin'. (3x) ....
(orig. = capo 4th) (Robert
Parker)