Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Originally released as a single in 1972.
VINYL SOURCE
Lyrics:
Gonna write a little letter
Gonna mail it to my local DJ
Well, it's a jumping little record
I want my jockey to play
A-roll over Beethoven
Gotta hear it again today

You know my temperature's rising
Need a shot of rhythm and blues
Well my heart's beatin' a rhythm
A-shakin' out rhythm and blues, whoo
Roll over Beethoven
Rockin' in two by two

Well, if you feel it, like it
Go get your lover and reel and rock it
A-roll it over and a-move on up now
Go for cover, and reel and rock it, roll it over
Roll over Beethoven
Tell Tchaikovsky the news, whee, hee

Well, early in the mornin'
I'm a-givin' you the warnin'
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes
Ah, hey, diddle diddle, gonna play my fiddle
I ain't got nothing to lose
Roll over Beethoven
Tell Tchaikovsky the news

Well, she wiggles like a glow-worm
She dance like a spinning top
Yeah, she got a crazy partner
You should have seen her reel and rock, whoo
Long as she got a dime
The music will never stop

Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven, whoo
Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven
Dig these rhythm and blues
Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven, whoo
Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven
Dig these rhythm and blues
Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven