Hey, get rhythm when you get the blues
 [bad word] on, get rhythm when you get the blues
 Get a rock 'n' roll feelin' in your bones
 Put taps on your toes and get gone
 Get rhythm when you get the blues

 Little shoeshine boy never gets low down
 But he's got the dirtiest job in town
 Bendin' low at the peoples' feet
 On the windy corner of the dirty street
 Well, I asked him while he shined my shoes
 How'd he keep from gettin' the blues
 He grinned as he raised his little head
 Popped a shoeshine rag and then he said

 Get rhythm when you get the blues
 [bad word] on, get rhythm when you get the blues
 jumpy rhythm makes you feel so fine
 It'll shake all the trouble from your worried mind
 Get rhythm when you get the blues

 Well, I sat down to listen to the shoeshine boy
 And I thought I was gonna jump for joy
 Slapped on the shoe polish left and right
 He took a shoeshine rag and he held it tight

 He stopped once to wipe the sweat away
 I said you're a mighty little boy to be-a workin' that way

 He said I like it with a big wide grin
 Kept on a poppin' and he said again

 Get rhythm when you get the blues
 [bad word] on, get rhythm when you get the blues
 It only costs a dime, just a nickel a shoe
 Does a million dollars worth of good for you
 Get rhythm when you get the blues