Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven

Well, I'm-a write a little letter,

Gonna mail it to my local DJ

Yeah, it's a jumpin little record

I want my jockey to play

Roll Over Beethoven,

I gotta hear it again today

You know, my temperature's risin'

And the jukebox blowin a fuse

My heart's beatin' rhythm

And my soul keeps on singin' the blues

Roll Over Beethoven,

Tell Tchaikovsky the news

I got the rockin' pneumonia,

I need a shot of rhythm and blues

I caught the rollin' arthritis

Sittin' down at a rhythm review

Roll Over Beethoven

They're rockin' in two by two

Well, if you feel it 'n like it

Go get your lover, then reel and rock it

Roll it over then move on up just

A trifle further then reel and rock

With one another.

Roll Over Beethoven

Dig these rhythm and blues

Well, early in the mornin'

And I'm a givin' you my mournin'

Don't you step on my blue suede shoes

Hey diddle diddle,1

I'm-a playin' my fiddle,

Ain't got nothin' to lose

Roll Over Beethoven

And tell Tchaikovsky the news

You know she wiggles like a glow worm,

Dance like a spinnin' top

She got a crazy partner,

You oughta see 'em reel and rock

As long as she got a dime

The music won't never stop

Roll Over Beethoven,

Roll Over Beethoven,

Roll Over Beethoven,

Roll Over Beethoven,

Roll Over Beethoven and dig these rhythm and blues

1. refers to Bo Diddley (and an English nursery rhyme at a time)

• Artist:Chuck Berry
• Album:ck Berry Is on Top (1959)