I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate chords by Helen Forrest

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Verse 1
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Most people get
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their wish as time goes by,
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but I guess I've been cheated.
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The dream that I have waited for
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has never come true
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The dream of just one simple thing
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I've longed to do
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I wish that I could shimmy like
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my sister Kate,
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shimmy like a jelly on a big blue plate.
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My mother wanted to know today,
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why all the boys are looking
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at Katie that way.
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All the fellas in the neighborhood know that
she can shimmy and it's understood.
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I know I'm late, but I'll be up to date
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when I learn to do the shit
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like my sister Kate.
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Took my  sister Kate
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to see a burlesque show
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Thought she learned a lot of
things she didn't know
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After watching
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for two minutes flat
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She yelled, I can shake mine
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much better than that
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So she stands right
up just as big as life
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Shimmies till each fella
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wants to leave his wife
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Oh, how I yearn, where can I learn
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To shimmy like my sister Kate
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In Macy's basement, no,
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shimmy like my sister Kate
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In Gimbel's window, no,
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shimmy like my sister Kate
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At Arthur Murray's, shimmy
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Like my sister Kay