Just let me hear some of that rock and roll music 
Any old way you choose it 
It's got a back beat you can't lose it 
Any old time you use it 
It's gotta be rock and roll music 
If you wanna dance with me 
If you wanna dance with me 

I have no kicks against modern jazz 
Unless they try to play it too darned fast 
And change the beauty of the melody 
Until it sound just like a symphony 

That's why I go for that rock and roll music 
Any old way you choose it 
It's got a back beat you can't lose it 
Any old time you use it 
It's gotta be rock and roll music 
If you wanna dance with me 
If you wanna dance with me 

I took my loved one over 'cross the tracks 
So she could hear my man a-wailin' sax 
I must admit they have a rockin' band 
Man they was blowing like a hurricane 

That's why I go for that rock and roll music 
Any old way you choose it 
It's got a back beat you can't lose it 
Any old time you use it 
It's gotta be rock and roll music 
If you wanna dance with me 
If you wanna dance with me 

Way down south they gave a jubilee 
I tell you folks they had a jamboree 
And drinking beer from a wooden cup 
The folks a-dancin' got all shook up 

They started playing that rock and roll music 
Any old way you choose it 
It's got a back beat you can't lose it 
Any old way you use it 
It's gotta be rock and roll music 
If you wanna dance with me 
If you wanna dance with me 

Say if you wanna dance with me 
If you wanna dance with me 
If you wanna dance with me 
It's gotta be some of that 
If you wanna dance with me