Talk:I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate

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I don't know if I can include the Lyrics in the article. Due to the age of the song, they're probably well out of copyright, but I know how dubious these things can be, especially if the copyright has been sold and renewed. Anyway, here they are:

--I went to a dance with my sister Kate

Everybody there thought she danced so great

I realized a thing or two

When I got wise to something new

When I looked at Kate, she was in a trance

And then I knew it was in her dance

All the boys are going wild

Over sister Katie's style.

Oh, I wish I could I shimmy like my sister Kate.

She shimmies like a jelly on a plate.

My mama wanted to know last night.

What makes the boys think Kate's so nice.

Now all the boys in the neighbourhood

They know that she can shimmy and it's understood

I know that I'm late, but I'll be up-to-date.

When I shimmy like my sister Kate.

I mean, when I shimmy like my sister Kate.

Now I can shimmy like my sister Kate.

I know that I'm real late.

I think I'll do a real shimmy dance

Dancing like my sister Kate.

Sweet papa, just like my sister Kate.

I'm also fairly sure there are at least two TV shows with the same title, and maybe a play. It'd be good if someone knew something more. My music knowledge is rudimentary, so it'd be good if the could be something added about the musical qualities of this song, the style of jazz, pertinent background for the musical artists?

There's more history to the song "here", but it's only one source and copyright to the website it's on. OzoneO 00:44, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

pov?

I'm a tity bit worried that this comes of as pov:

"Over the years this song has cemented itself a small but significant place in the pop culture of the 20thC"

I just didn't know how else to say (briefly) that this song is an enduring pop hit, that has managed some mesure of minor cultural influence in the 80+ years that it's been around. OzoneO 01:12, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Louis Armstrong?

Louis Armstrong was 14 in 1915.

You say up-tempo, but in fact Anna Jones and Fats Waller (whose lyrics you seem to have taken) do it surprisingly slow. This song probably has quite a lot of story behind it. It has been used on the L-Word soundtrack and clearly means different things to different people. You've got research to do! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.174.107.235 (talk) 15:14, 7 August 2013 (UTC)