09847.TXT

                          Title : THE LOCOMOTION

                           Artist : LITTLE EVA

                        Reference Number  :  0219

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     EVERYBODY'S DOING A BRAND NEW DANCE NOW
     (come on baby do the locomotion)
     I KNOW YOU'LL GET TO LIKE IT 
     IF YOU GIVE IT A CHANCE NOW
     (come on baby do the locomotion)


     MY LITTLE BABY SISTER CAN DO IT WITH EASE, 
     IT'S EASIER THAN LEARNING YOUR ABC     
     SO COME ON, COME ON DO THE LOCOMOTION WITH ME    

     YOU GOTTA SWING YOUR HIPS NOW
     COME ON BABY JUMP UP, JUMP BACK     
     WELL I THINK YOU GOT THE KNACK, WHOA, WHOA


     NOW THAT YOU CAN DO IT LET'S MAKE A CHAIN NOW
     (come on baby do the locomotion)
     A CHUGA CHUGA MOTION LIKE A RAILWAY TRAIN NOW
     (come on baby do the locomotion)


     DO IT NICE AND EASY NOW DON'T LOOSE CONTROL,    
     A LITTLE BIT OF RHYTHM AND A LOTTA SOUL, 
     SO COME ON COME ON DO THE LOCOMOTION WITH ME


      MOVE AROUND THE FLOOR IN A LOCOMOTION
      (come on baby do the locomotion)
      DO IT HOLDING HANDS IF YOU GET THE NOTION
      (come on baby do the locomotion)

     THERE'S NEVER BEEN A DANCE THAT'S SO EASY TO DO   
     IT EVEN MAKES YOU HAPPY WHEN YOUR FEELING BLUE 
     SO COME ON, COME ON DO THE LOCOMOTION WITH ME


     YOU GOTTA SWING YOUR HIPS NOW
     THAT'S RIGHT YOU'RE DOIN' FINE   
     COME ON BABY HMM, HMM, HMM  JUMP UP
     JUMP BACK YOU'RE LOOKIN' GOOD HMM, HMM, HMM   
     JUMP UP, JUMP BACK YOU'RE LOOKIN' GOOD 
     HMM, HMM, HMM JUMP UP