| The board of education from Maine to Tenessee
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| Just don’t dig that crazy ABC
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| You know they teach us something different and they call it R & B
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| You gotta learn your rythm and blues
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| Everybody’s shoutin' the news
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| Go out and buy a pair of rock and roll shoes
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| Or brother you’re gonna lose
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| The time is incidental, the fun is fundemental
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| When you learn your rythm and blues
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| No more readin' and writin' and 'rythmetic
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| You got to know the three R’s when the teacher swings the hickory stick
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| Start a-reelin' and a-rockin' and a-rollin' with your chick
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| You gotta learn your rythm and blues
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| Everybody’s shoutin' the news
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| Go out and buy a pair of rock and roll shoes
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| Or brother you’re gonna lose
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| The time is incidental, the fun is fundemental
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| When you learn your rythm and blues
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| When the teacher gives us homework everyone shouts hooray, hooray
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| I got to go right home and study without delay
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| I got to tune into Bandstand and get the lesson for today
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| You gotta learn your rythm and blues
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| Everybody’s shoutin' the news
|
| Go out and buy a pair of rock and roll shoes
|
| Or brother you’re gonna lose
|
| The time is incidental, the fun is fundemental
|
| When you learn your rythm and blues
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| You gotta learn your rythm and blues
|
| Everybody’s shoutin' the news
|
| Go out and buy a pair of rock and roll shoes
|
| Or brother you’re gonna lose
|
| The time is incidental, the fun is fundemental
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| When you learn your rythm and blues |