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Artist: Fats Waller
Canonical path: /fats-waller/truckin-
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Truckin'
Read Truckin' lyrics by Fats Waller on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Truckin'
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We had to have something new,
A dance to do,
Up here in Harlem,
So, everyone start Truckin'.
As soon as the news got 'round,
The folks downtown,
Came up to Harlem,
Saw everbody Truckin'.
It didn't take long
Before the high-hats were doing it,
'Park Avenuing' it,
All over town,
You see them shufflin', shufflin', shufflin' down.
It spread like a forest blaze,
Became a craze,
Thanks to Harlem now,
Everybody's Truckin'.
It didn't take long
Before the high-hats were doing it,
'Park Avenuing' it,
All over town,
You see them shufflin', shufflin', shufflin' down.
It spread like a forest blaze,
Became a craze,
Thanks to Harlem now,
Everybody's Truckin'.
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Fats Waller performs "Truckin'", and this lyric page sits inside the Fats Waller catalog on LyroVerse.
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