Birth Of The Boogie Lyrics - Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley

Boogie, boogie woogie 

The boogie-woogie-woogie beat 

Down in Africa, many years ago 

There lived a little fella named Zulu Joe 

He took his tom-tom, a great big stick 

And that was the birth of the boogie lick 

Birth of the boogie, birth of the boogie 

Birth of the boogie, birth of the boogie 

Birth of the boogie, the boogie-woogie-woogie beat 

Then Joe got hip and he started to sing 

The animals flipped and began to swing 

Monkey, elephant, kangaroo 

They all picked up on the boogie too 

Birth of the boogie, birth of the boogie 

Birth of the boogie, birth of the boogie 

Birth of the boogie, the boogie-woogie-woogie beat 

Well, the animals a-boogied all over the place 

The rabbit spit in the bulldog's face 

Joe kept a-beatin' till the early morn' 

And that's when the boogie-woogie was born 

Birth of the boogie, birth of the boogie 

Birth of the boogie, birth of the boogie 

Birth of the boogie, the boogie-woogie-woogie beat