Don't Forget to Mess Around

Don't forget to mess around, when you're doing the Charleston... Charleston
First thing you do, now when you rear... way back!
Say, you grab your gal, and then you clap your hands
And you do the Eagle Rock, but don't you stop at all!

Uncle Jack, that dancin' fool, He would never do the Charleston... Charleston
When he learned of that brand, new dance... such a prance!
And he forgot his name, when he danced this brand new way
Then he yelled out, don't forget to do your stuff, when you dance the mess around!