Flat-Footin' It

(Tom T. Hall)



"It was the rage on campus in Roanoke when I was going to college. It's

kind of a buck dance. There was a folk movement going on at the time and

these kids got into flat-footin' it. It's a beautiful dance when you see the

young people doing it."



It started in Roanoke a little while ago

A brand new dance that you ought to know

They call it Flat-footin'-it and it sure looks fine

Right now it's flat-footin'-it time.



And you'll be flat-footin'-it flat-gittin'-it

And you don't know just how good you did

Till you hear that guitar pickin'-it-pickin'.



--- Instrumental ---



Just let your arms hang right where they are

And then you start flat-footin'-it eight to the bar

Turn yourself loose and the law will allow

And you'll be doin' that flat-footin'-it now.



You'll be flat-footin'-it flat-gittin'-it

You don't know just how good you did

Till you hear that drummer pickin'-it-pickin'.



--- Instrumental ---



It started in Roanoke and came a long way

And now it's a flat-footin'-it USA

Good for your spirits and good for your health

Girl try a little flat-footin'-it yourself.



And you'll be flat-footin'-it flat-gittin'-it

You don't know just how good you did

Till you hear that bass still a-pickin'-it-pickin'.



--- Instrumental ---



Well, all of the students at the university

Shocked and amazed the existin' faculty

Some dropped biology and some cut their math

To enroll in a flat-footin' class.



Flat-footin'-it flat-gittin'-it

You don't know just how good you did

Till you hear that band a-pickin'-it-pickin'...