The Old Folks Started It

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Talk about melody from shore to shore I tell you the strut sure is got to go [Chorus] The old folks started it, the young folks got it Everybody's crazy about the darktown strut [Verse 2] 'Tain't no use for you women to always be in a rut Just walk up to your man and do your wicked strut [Chorus] The old folks started it, the young folks got it Everybody's crazy about the darktown strut [Verse 3] A hundred dollar bill will make a broke man slobber A women with a strut will make a good man holler [Chorus] The old folks started it, the young folks got it Everybody's crazy about the darktown strut [Verse 4] Takes a greyhound to run it takes a round ball to roll Takes a man with the strut to satisfy my soul [Chorus] The old folks started it, the young folks got it Everybody's crazy about the darktown strut [Verse 5] Talk about your women wearing your strapless skirts Your grandma does the strut in your grandpa's shirt [Chorus] The old folks started it, the young folks got it Everybody's crazy about the darktown strut [Verse 6] Some of you men wearin' your stripe-ed hose You done lost your strut many years ago [Chorus] The old folks started it, the young folks got it Everybody's crazy about the darktown strut [Verse 7] Just as sure as a little fish can't live on dry land A women with the strut can always get a man [Chorus] The old folks started it, the young folks got it Everybody's crazy about the darktown strut