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I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My

Sister Kate

Words and Music by A. J. Piron - 1919

Verse:
C7	-	F	F6
F               Am7	Gm7	C7	F
C7	-	F	F6
D7	G7	C#7          C7	F
Chorus:
C7	G7           C7	F	F7
C7	C9	F	-
C7	G7           C7	F              F7	-
Bb          Bdim7	F              D7	Gm7         C7	F    (to chorus)
Ending:
C#7        C7	F          (End)	|

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

Went to a dance with my sister Kate, Everyone there said she danced so great.
I realized a thing or two, Then I got wise to something new.
I looked at Kate, she was in a trance, And then I knew it was in her dance.
All the boys are going wild, Just over Katie's dancing style.

Chorus:

I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate, Shimmies like jelly on the plate.
My mother wanted to know last night, Why all the boys treat sister Kate so nice.
All the boys in the neighborhood, Know she can shimmy and it's understood.
I may be late, but I'll be up to date, When I can shimmy like my sister Kate.

 

Ending:

I mean shimmy like my sister Kate.

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Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Watch Katie Cavera perform "Sister Kate" (youtube)

 

Listen to Charles McNeil perform "Sister Kate" Chorus on the tenor banjo (mp3)

 

Watch Scott Anthony and Bob Schulz perform "Sister Kate" (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com