The board of education from Maine to Tenessee

Just don't dig that crazy ABC

You know they teach us something different and they call it R & B



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You gotta learn your rythm and blues

Everybody's shoutin' the news

Go out and buy a pair of rock and roll shoes

Or brother you're gonna lose

The time is incidental, the fun is fundemental

When you learn your rythm and blues



No more readin' and writin' and 'rythmetic

You got to know the three R's when the teacher swings the hickory stick

Start a-reelin' and a-rockin' and a-rollin' with your chick



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When the teacher gives us homework everyone shouts hooray, hooray

I got to go right home and study without delay

I got to tune into Bandstand and get the lesson for today



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