The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer
“Java Jive” is a 1940 song written by the New York composers Ben Oakland and Milton Drake. The most famous versions are by The Ink Spots (1940) and Manhattan Transfer (1975).
I love coffee, I love tea
I love the Java Jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup (Ah!)
I love java, sweet and hot
Whoops, Mr. Moto, I'm a coffee pot
Shoot me the pot, and I'll pour me a shot
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup
Oh, slip me a slug from that wonderful mug
And I'll cut a rug, 'till I'm snug in a jug
A slice of onion and a raw one
Draw one -
(Waiter, waiter, percolator)
I love coffee, I love tea
I love the Java Jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup (Ah!)
Boston bean (soy beans)
I said, them little itty bitty green beans (cabbage and greens)
I'm not keen about a bean
Unless it is a chilly chili bean (Talk it boy!)
I love java, sweet and hot
Whoops, Mr. Moto, I'm a coffee pot (yeah)
Shoot me the pot and I'll pour me a shot
A cup, a cup, a cup, a dat zan bozzle (oooh)
Slip me a slug of that wonderful mug
And I'll cut a rug that's snug in a jug
Drop your nickel in my pot, Joe
Takin' it slow
Waiter, waiter, percolator
I love coffee, I love tea
I love the Java Jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, boy!
Java Jive was written by Ben Oakland & Milton Drake.
Java Jive was produced by Adam Mitchell.