Charley Patton

Shake It And Break It

Charley Patton


You can shake it, you can break it,
you can hang it on the wall 
Throw it out the window, catch it 'fore it roll 
You can shake it, you can break it, 
you can hang it on the wall 
...it out the window, catch it 'fore it falls 
My jelly, my roll, sweet mama, don't let it fall 
Everybody have a jelly roll like mine, I lives in town 
I, ain't got no brown, I, an' I want it now 
My jelly, my roll, sweet mama, don't let it fall 
You can snatch it, you can grab it, you can break it,
you can twist it, any way that I love to get it 
I, had my right mind since I, I blowed this town 
My jelly, my roll, sweet mama, don't let it fall 
Jus' shake it, you can break it, 
you can hang it on the wall 
.. it out the window, catch it 'fore it falls 
You can break it, you can hang it on the wall 
...it out the window, catch it 'fore it... 
My jelly, my roll, sweet mama, don't let it fall 
I ain't got nobody here but me and myself 
I, stay blue all the time, aw, when the sun goes down 
My jelly, my roll, sweet mama, don't let it fall 
You can shake it, you can break it,
you can hang it on the wall 
... it out the window, catch it 'fore it fall 
You can break it, you can hang it on the wall 
...it out the window, catch... 
My jelly, my roll, sweet mama, don't let it fall 
You can snatch it, you can grab it,
you can break it, you can twist it, 
any way that I love to get it 
I, had my right mind, I, be worried sometime 
'Bout a jelly, my roll, sweet mama, don't let it fall 
Just shake it, you can break it, 
you can hang it on the wall 
... it out the window, catch it 'fore it falls 
You can break it, you can hang it on the wall 
...it out the window, catch it 'fore it falls 
My jelly, my roll, sweet mama, don't let it fall 
I know I been to town, I, I walked around 
I, start leavin' town, I, I fool around 
My jelly, my roll, sweet mama, don't let it fall 
Just shake it, you can break it,
you can hang it on the wall 
... it out the window, catch it 'fore it falls 
You can break it, you can hang it on the wall 
...it out the window, catch it 'fore it... 
My jelly, my roll, sweet mama, don't let it fall 
Jus' shake it, you can break it, 
you can hang it on the wall 
... it out the window, catch it 'fore it... 
My jelly, my roll, sweet mama, don't let it...