It Comes From MississippiHillbilly RockSome say it came from Memphis, down in TennesseeBoy, it drifted here from Georgia about 1953Just as long as it's breezy, as long as it's fastAs long as it's pumping, honey, it's gonna lastIt's a hillbilly rock, beat it with a drumPlaying them guitars like shooting from a gunKeeping up the rhythm, steady as a clockDoing a little thing called the hillbilly rockHillbilly rockWay back in old Kentucky where the bluegrass growsThrough the Carolinas on the dirt red roadsBurning like a fire running wild in the woodsFrom Arkansas to Texas, it sounds so goodIt's a hillbilly rock, beat it with a drumPlaying them guitars like shooting from a gunKeeping up the rhythm, steady as a clockDoing a little thing called the hillbilly rockSo when the heat starts to rise and then you gotta blow some steamTake a ride down the river, you'll see just what I meanThe juke joints jump and when that cat goes onThe whole place is shaking as there's something going onIt's a hillbilly rock, beat it with a drumPlaying them guitars like shooting from a gunKeeping up the rhythm, steady as a clockDoing a little thing called the hillbilly rockDoing a little thing called the hillbilly rockDoing a little thing called the hillbilly rockThe hillbilly rock