Well it started down in New Orleans
When I was hardly in my teens
I started out doing the stroll
And that boogie woogie rock and roll

My momma said you're wasting time
My daddy said you've lost your mind
But I kept on doing the stroll
And that boogie woogie rock and roll

Well now every day I was told
That's the devil getting in your soul
But I kept on doing the stroll
And that boogie woogie rock and roll

(Get back, get back, momma's got the rock and roll)

Met a little girl named Gerry
While I was rocking to Chuck Berry
She liked the way I done my stroll
And my boogie woogie rock and roll

Well now every day I was told
That's the devil getting in your soul
But I kept on doing the stroll
And that boogie woogie rock and roll

(Get back, get back, grandma's got the rock and roll)

And on the way home we had to dance
And I knew I shouldn't take that chance
Cause I had to tell the highway patrol
It was a boogie woogie rock and roll

Well now every day I was told
That's the devil getting in your soul
But I kept on doing the stroll
And that boogie woogie rock and roll

(Get back, get back, everybody rock and roll)

Well now every day I was told
That's the devil getting in your soul
But I kept on doing the stroll
And that boogie woogie rock and roll