against the mirror while the ineffectual assailant crumbled on the floor exactly as though he had been hit. Two waiters caught him under the arm-pits and dragged him outside. The yellow girl followed him, screaming. The woman left behind called out to the retreating male figure, Lemme see duh back o' yo' white collar an' den Ah knows you's goin'.
During this scene, the Bolito King sat smoking unconcernedly, quite as if he were unaware that anything unusual had occurred.
Hey! Hey! Do that thing!
Well, I guess Ah'll ramble back to Ruby, Mr. Pettijohn announced. How long you stayin', Mrs. Sartoris?
Till the dawn comes up like thunder.
Another entertainer had the floor.
Down in Georgia
Got a dance that's new;
Ain' nothin' to it,
It's easy to do,
Called shake that thing,
Oh, shake that thing,
Ah'm gettin' sick an' tired o' tellin' you to shake that thing.
Got a dance that's new;
Ain' nothin' to it,
It's easy to do,
Called shake that thing,
Oh, shake that thing,
Ah'm gettin' sick an' tired o' tellin' you to shake that thing.
Now the ole folks start doin' it,
An' the young ones too,
But the old ones learn the young folks
What to do
About shakin' that thing,
Oh, shake that thing.
Ah'm gettin sick and tired o' tellin' you to shake that thing.
An' the young ones too,
But the old ones learn the young folks
What to do
About shakin' that thing,
Oh, shake that thing.
Ah'm gettin sick and tired o' tellin' you to shake that thing.
