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Hip Shake​/​Poor Old Maddie

from Live at The Blues Kitchen by Alex Haynes

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lyrics

Wanna tell you 'bout a dance, that's going around
Everybody doing it, from the grown ups down
Don't move your hands, don't move your feet
Don't move you lips, you just shake your hips

We do the hip shake thing, now, we do the hip shake thing
We do the hip shake thing, now, we do the hip shake thing
Ain't this easy, ain't this easy

Well, I met a little girl, in a country town
She said what do you know, are you Slim Harpo?
Didn't move her hands, didn't move her feet
Didn't move her lips, she just shook her hips

We do the hip shake thing, hip shake thing
Hip shake thing, hip shake thing

Well if you don't know, just what to do
Listen to me, hear every word I say
Don't move your hands, don't move your feet
Don't move your lips, just shake your hips

Do the hip shake thing, hip shake thing
Hip shake thing, hip shake thing

Poor old Maddie, got no change in clothes
Girl got drunk, throwed her clothes outdoors
Poor old Maddie, got no place to go
Girl got drunk, throwed her clothes outdoors

Going down to Memphis, I'll see that World's Fair
Reason I'm a-going now is I know my baby's there
Going down to Memphis, see the World Fair
Reason I'm a-going now is I know my baby's there

Need no heater or fireplace beside my bed
The little girl I got, she keep her cherry red
Need no heater or fireplace beside my bed
The little girl I got, she keep her cherry red
Cherry red, cherry red, cherry red
Well, she cherry red, cherry red
Cherry red, cherry red

We do the hip shake thing, hip shake thing
Hip shake thing, hip shake thing

credits

from Live at The Blues Kitchen, released December 28, 2021
Medley of Slim Harpo's 'Shake Your Hips' and RL Burnside's version of the traditional blues 'Poor Black Mattie'.
Arrangement by Alex Haynes
Alex Haynes: voice, guitar, tambourine
Ashley Lambe: guitar
Billy Lyons: bass
Produced by Alex Haynes
Mastering: Sam Proctor, Lismore Mastering

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A UK blues act playing stripped-back blues with a fresh, rock’n’roll sound.

Haynes' song-writing draws influence from old school blues, Sun/Chess-style R&B and Soul and the Brit-Blues of the 60s.

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