Honey, honey, can't you hear? Funny, funny music, dear Ain't the funny strain goin' to your brain? Like a bottle of wine, fine Hon', hon', hon', hon', take a chance One, one one, one little dance Can't you see them all swaying up the hall? Let's be gettin' in line Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it See that ragtime couple over there Watch them throw their shoulders in the air Snap their fingers, honey, I declare It's a bear, it's a bear, it's a bear, there! Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it Ain't that music touchin' your heart? Hear that trombone bustin' apart? Come, come, come, come, let us start Ev'ry body's doin' it now
Baby, baby, can't you hear? Funny, funny music, dear Honey, don't you smile, let us rest awhile I'm so weak in the chest, rest Go, go, go, go get a chair No, no, no, no, leave it there Honey, if the mob still are on the job I'm as strong as the rest Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it See that ragtime couple over there Watch them throw their shoulders in the air Snap their fingers, honey, I declare It's a bear, it's a bear, it's a bear, there! Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it Ain't that music touchin' your heart? Hear that trombone bustin' apart? Come, come, come, come, let us start Ev'ry body's doin' it now