It started in
the days of old
When music was unknown
Rock hadn't been invented
then
All they knew was stone
They weren't even human
yet
They needed to be shown
A young shaman began to
dance
With his black cat bone
He stomped his
left foot on the ground
He followed with his
right
Then he raised his voice
in chant
It echoed through the
night
He pounded on a spirit
drum
He rose in magic flight
He showed them how to do
the do
They said it was all
right
They left their
caves to join the dance
They gathered in a ring
They brought along a
covered dish
Whatever they could bring
They sang a song in
harmony
It was a brand new thing
They Stomped until the
morning light
They made the shaman
king
The Stomp put
thoughts into their heads
It gave them things to
do
They ceased to be monkey
men
They became like me and
you
They piled up the Pyramids
They built Stonehenge,
too
They Stomped across the
continents
Looking for what's new
They do the do,
they do the Doo Wop Stomp
They do the do, they do
the Doo Wop Stomp
They do the do, they do
the Doo Wop Stomp
Way down in the Doo Wop
swamp
Old Man Noah on
the Ark
With nothin' else to
do
Taught the bears to do
the Stomp
Crocogators too
They all began to do the
Stomp
The whole unlikely crew
They Stomped away for
forty days
Until the rain was through
Ulysses and the
other Greeks
Before the walls of Troy
Inside a wooden horse all
day
They didn't make a noise
Then they got pulled
inside the gates
It was a perfect ploy
They crashed the Trojan
party
And began to Stomp with
joy
Prince Charming
held a royal ball
When the moon was blue
Little Red Riding Hood
was there
Sleeping Beauty too
But Cinderella topped
them all
She kicked off her shoes
She Stomped away 'til
midnight
And then said toodle-oo
(chorus)
The Stomp is
older than the hills
And yet it's still the
news
Julius Caesar did the
Stomp
He never had the blues
Queen Victoria did the
Stomp
She said, "We are amused"
Rasputin always did the
Stomp
In his blue suede shoes
The Stomp raced
across the mountains
It lingered by the shore
It leaped across the
ocean blue
To the streets of Baltimore
Stomping is the human way
Let out a mighty roar
We'll Stomp until we drop
We'll Stomp forevermore
(chorus)
We've done the
Stomp through history
It's the human trend
Albert Einstein did the
Stomp
At parties with his friends
We'll Stomp across the
galaxy
The party never ends
We'll do the Stomp
through Space and Time
We'll Stomp 'til we transcend
(chorus)
--
by Josh Wachtel and Alexei
Panshin
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