Shaking the Blues Away
Doris Day Lyrics

There's an old superstition 'way down south
In the southern part of the United States, there exists an age-old belief

Everybody believes that trouble won't stay
The belief is that trouble and misfortunes can be banished

If you shake it away
By shaking off negative feelings, one can free oneself from troubles

When they hold a revival way down south
Revival meetings are commonly held in the southern US

Everybody with care and trouble that day
Those who attend such meetings usually come with worries and problems

Tries to shake it away
They attempt to be rid of their difficulties by shaking it away

Shaking the blues away, unhappy news away
Shaking can help alleviate feelings of sadness and despair, as well as negative news

If you are blue, it's easy to
If you are feeling down, it is easy to

Shake off your cares and troubles
shake off your worries and problems

Telling the blues to go, they may refuse to go
Although it may be difficult, asking negative feelings to leave is worth a try

But as a rule, they'll go if you'll
Usually these feelings will depart if you

Shake them away
shake them away

Do like the voodoos do, listening to a voodoo melody
Pattern shaking like the followers of voodoo do while listening to voodoo-inspired music

They shake their bodies so, to and fro
Their movements involve shaking their bodies back and forth

With every shake, a lucky break
every shake is considered to bring good luck

Proving that there's a way to chase your cares away
Demonstrating that there is a method for ridding oneself of troubles

If you would lose your weary blues
If you desire to overcome your sadness and despair

Shake 'em away
use shaking to free oneself from these difficulties

Gotta chase those cares away
One has to actively pursue getting rid of their troubles

Just to prove that there's a way
To show that there is a method to achieve this

A way to shake shake your blues away
A way to use shaking to rid yourself of feeling down