When you walk up to a jukebox and you slip a nickel in
You can bet your bottom dollar when the record starts to spin
You'll hear a fiddle and a guitar with a honky tonkin' sound
It's that hillbilly fever that's spreadin' all around

Hillbilly fever's goin' 'round
Good ol' mountain music's got me down
It's got me robbin' castles, throwin' rice and slippin' around
Hillbilly fever's got me down

When you get that jumpy feelin' and you don't know what is wrong
Don't you worry 'bout bother there's a brand new mountain song
That's got the whole durn country rockin' with that big gavel beat
It's that hillbilly breakdown that shakes you off-a your feet

Hillbilly fever's goin' 'round
Good ol' mountain music's got me down
I spent a Sunday down in Tennessee and here's what I found
Hillbilly fever's goin' 'round

When that love bug starts around you and you don't know you been stung
Then you go and see a doctor and he says, "Poke out your tongue"
And he looks into that canyon, tells you, "Brother I got news
You're the victim of sweet daddy and you got the lovesick blues"

Hillbilly fever's goin' 'round
Good ol' mountain music's got me down
I stopped in Chattanooga, got a shine and I heard this sound
Hillbilly fever's goin' 'round

Hillbilly fever's goin' 'round
Good ol' mountain music's got me down
I'm gonna one-foot, two-foot, sweet-foot, drag then I hold it down
Hillbilly fever's goin' 'round