(Down in Quaker Town), 1919 Words by Bert Kalmar and Edgar Leslie. Music by Pete Wendling.
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All the Quakers are shoulder shakers
Down in Quaker town
Things are upside down
The Jazz Bug bit ’em, how it hit ’em
Ev’ry wiggle just makes you giggle
At the meeting hall
Bands are playing, folks are swaying
To the lovin’ “Strutters Ball”
Brother Halsey, with the palsy
You remember him
He’s the man who first began
To teach them how to “shim”
Oh! the home of William Penn
Won’t be quite the same again
‘Cause all the Quakers are shoulder shakers
Down in Quaker town
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All the Quakers are shoulder shakers
Down in Quaker town
Things are upside down
The Jazz Bug bit ’em, how it hit ’em
Ev’ry sister is quite a twister
Of a wicked knee
Baby brother, Dad and Mother
Do the “Memphis Shiveree”
Brother Morgan at the organ
Jazzes all the notes
Gee it’s simply great to watch them
Sow their Quaker oats
You should see how Sister Birch
Does a fox-trot down to church
‘Cause all the Quakers are shoulder shakers
Down in Quaker town