Sweet Little Sixteen

Composer: Chuck Berry                      Original performer: Chuck Berry (1958)
First release: Some Girls Live in Texas '78, November 2011
Recording date: July 1978         Recording location: Will Rogers Memorial Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas, USA (live)
Chief engineer: B. J. Schiller                   Mixer: Bob Clearmountain
Performed onstage: 1962-63, 1978

Line-up:

Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Bill Wyman
Electric guitars: Keith Richards (incl. 1st solo) & Ron Wood (incl. 2nd solo)
Vocal: Mick Jagger
Piano: Ian Stewart
Keyboard: Ian McLagan
 

They're really rocking in Boston, Pittsburgh, PA
Deep in the heart of Texas and round the Frisco Bay
All over St. Louis and down in New Orleans
All the girls they want to dance with sweet little sixteen

Sweet little sixteen, she's just got to have
About half a million framed autographs
Her wallet filled with pictures, she gets them one by one
Becomes so excited, watch her, look at her run, boy

Oh Mommy, Mommy, I beg of you
It's such a sight to see somebody steal the show
Oh Mommy, Mommy, I beg of you
Whisper to Daddy it's all right with you

'Cause they'll be rockin' in Boston, Philadelphia, PA
Deep in the heart of Texas and round the Frisco Bay
All over St. Louis and down in New Orleans
All the girls they want to dance with sweet little sixteen

All right

Sweet little sixteen, she's got the grown-up blues
Tight dresses and Tampax, she's sporting high-heel shoes
Oh but tomorrow morning she'll have to change her trend
And be sweet sixteen and back in class again

They'll be rocking in Boston, Pittsburgh, PA
Deep in the heart of Texas and round the Frisco Bay
All over St. Louis and down in New Orleans
All the girls they want to dance with sweet little sixteen

 
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