It comes from Mississippi, and down in Alabam
Creepin` like a fever all across the land
From deep in the Delta on the Louisiana shore
The people got to have it, they wanna hear some more
It`s the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum
Playin` them guitars like shootin from a gun
Keepin` up the rhythm, steady as a clock
Doin` a little thing called the hillbilly rock
Some say it came from Memphis down in Tennessee
Or it drifted in from Georgia about 1953
Just as long as it`s greasy, as long as it`s fast
As long as it`s pumpin` honey, it`s gonna last
It`s the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum
Playin` them guitars like shootin from a gun
Keepin` up the rhythm, steady as a clock
Doin` a little thing called the hillbilly rock
Way back in old Kentucky where the bluegrass grows
Through the Carolinas on them dirt red roads
Burnin like a fire runnin` wild in the woods
From Arkansas to Texas, it sounds so good
It`s the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum
Playin` them guitars like shootin from a gun
Keepin` up the rhythm, steady as a clock
Doin` a little thing called the hillbilly rock
So when the heat starts to risin` and you gotta blow some steam
Take a ride down the river, you`ll see just what I mean
The juke joint`s jumpin, when that cat goes on
The whole place is shakin`, there`s a something goin` on
It`s the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum
Playin` them guitars like shootin from a gun
Keepin` up the rhythm, steady as a clock
Doin` a little thing called the hillbilly rock
Doin` a little thing called the hillbilly rock
Doin` a little thing called the hillbilly rock