The Jumpin’ Jive

Hep-hep!
De-boodle-de-ack, de-boodle-de-ackasaki!
Hep-hep!
Oh, rang-tang, te-dah-dah
Hep-hep!
Gonna tell you 'bout the jumpin’ jive
Hep-hep!
Jim, jam, jump, the jumpin' jive;
Hep-hep!
Man those cats gonna beat out this mellow jive;
Hep-hep!
Beat it out on the mellow side

Boy?
Whatcha gonna say there, gate?
Oh, boy!
Whatcha gonna say there, gate?
Palomar, shalomar, Swanee shore
Let me dig that jive somе more

Boy!
Lay it right on down to the gator
Oh, boy!
Lay it on that sly little gator
Now, can't you hеar them hepcats shout
Yeah!
Come on, boys, let’s have a ball!

The jim, jam, jump is the jumpin' jive
Makes you dig your jive on the mellow side
Hep-hep!
Hep-hep!

The jim, jam, jump is the solid jive
Makes you nine feet tall when you're four feet five
Hep-hep!
Hep-hep!

Now, don't you be that ickeroo
Get hip, come on and follow through
Then you get your steady foo
You make the joint jump like the gators do

The jim, jam, jump is the jumpin' jive
Makes you dig your eggs on the Jersey side
Hep-hep!
Hep-hep!
The jim, jam, jump, the jumpin' jive
Makes you hep-hep on the mellow side!

Hep-hep!
Hep-hep!
Hep-hep!
Hep-hep!
Hep-hep!
Hep-hep!
Hep-hep!

The jim, jam, jump on the jumpin' jive
Will make you dig your jive on the mellow side
Hep-hep!
Hep-hep!

The jibber, jam, jumpin jumpin jive
Makes you nine feet tall when you're four feet five
Hep-hep!
Hep-hep!

Now, don’t you be that ickeroo
Get hip, come on and follow through
Then you get your steady foo
You make the joint jump like the gators do

The jibber, jam, jumpin jumpin jive
Makes you dig your eggs on the Jersey side
Hep-hep!
Hep-hep!

The jim, jam, and the jumpin’ jive
Makes you hep-hep on the mellow side;

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The jim, jam, and the jumpin' jive
Makes you hep-hep on the mellow side;