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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