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Rhythm Is Our Business

from Rhythm Is Our Business by donnie joe's American Swing

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©1935
Words and Music:
Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Jimmie Lunceford
arranged by Don ‘donnie joe’ Sweeney

lyrics

Rhythm is our business, rhythm’s what we sell
Rhythm is our business, and business sure is swell
Now if you got the blues, rhythm's what you need
‘Cause if you got rhythm you're sure to succeed now
Rhythm is our business, and rhythm’s what we sell

She plays saxophone in the band (in the band)
Yeah, Tamasin plays the sax in the band (in the band)
And when she goes up that scale
Zoo bop, Shoo doop …
She can really wail now

She’s that fiddle gal in the band (in the band)
Yeah, Heulwen plays that fiddle in the band (in the band)
And when she rosins up her bow
Man oh man, she can go cat go now

He's the piano man in the band (in the band)
Yes Gareth Hall’s got 10 fingers on each hand (on each hand)
And he know such a fine way
To make his roland sound like a Steinway now

He’s the bass man in the band (in the band)
Yeah, Ashley-John Long slaps that bass with his hands (with his hands)
And when he plucks on those strings
Happiness to you he brings now

He's the drummer man, in the band (in the band)
Yes Greg plays them skins, with his hands (with his hands)
And when he picks up them sticks
The boys in the band they all play hot licks now

(Hip Hop!)
Now Basie, Woody, Duke and Stan
Boy their music it sure was grand
They played it cool and they played it hot
And we all loved their sounds a lot
Now we’re donnie joe’s American Swing
And your toes will start tapping when we do our thing
So stand on up and watch us go
We’re getting ready to blow

Yeah, this band can really go to town
When we start a Swingin’ can’t hold us down now
Rhythm is our business and
Rhythm’s what we sell

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from Rhythm Is Our Business, released May 3, 2017
Don ‘donnie joe’Sweeney - Guitar & Vocals
Heulwen Thomas - Fiddle & Vocals
Tamasin Reardon - Alto Saxophone
Gareth Hall - Piano & Vocals
Ashley-John Long - Upright Bass
Greg Evans - Drums & Vocals

Arranged by Don ‘donnie joe’ Sweeney

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Swinging jazz, Witty tunes, Infectious rhythms, and Poignant songs; donnie joe's American Swing brings them all together for the best of the 30s, 40s, 50s, & 60s. Music with a beat that will surely put a smile on your face, get your toes tapping, and make you feel like dancing. ... more

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