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(Hop hop) The jumpin' jive

Cab Calloway
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Hep-hep, he-boodle-dee-ack, he-boodle-dee-ack, zack-ay Hep-hep, oh, rah-ang-tang, ta-da-da Hep-hep, gonna tell you 'bout the jumpin' jive Hep-hep, jim-jam-jump, the jumpin' jive Hep-hep, cat's gonna beat out this mellow jive Hep-hep, beat it out on the mellow side Boy, what you gonna say there, King? Oh, boy, what you gonna say there, King? Palomar, Shalomar, Swanee Shore Let me dig that jive once more Boy, way down, way down to the nina Oh, boy, try to dig a fly little fiddle Now can't you hear those hepcats call? (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 foot tall when you're four foot five Hep-hep, hep-hep Now don't you be that ickeroo Get hep, come on and follow through Then you get your steady foo You make your joint jump like the gators do The jim-jam-jump is the jumpin' jive Makes you like your eggs on the Jersey side Hep-hep, hep-hep The jim-jam-jumpin' jive Makes you hep-hep on the mellow side Hep-hep, hep-hep Hep-hep, hep-hep The jim-a-jam-a-jump is the jumpin' jive Makes you dig your jive on the mellow side Hep-hep, hep-hep The jim-a-jam-a-jump is the solid jive Makes you nine foot tall when you're four foot five Hep-hep, hep-hep Now don't you be that ickeroo Get hep, come on and follow through Then you get your steady foo You make your joint jump like the gators do The jim-jam-jump is the jumpin' jive Makes you like your eggs on the Jersey side Hep-hep, hep-hep The jim-a-jam-a-jumpin' jive Makes you hep-hep on the mellow side Hep-hep Dee-bodel-ee-bodel-ee-bodel-ee-bodel-ee-dee-dee-dee Dee-dee-dee, goin', goin', goin', goin', dee-da-da Hep-hep, now told you 'bout the jumpin' jive Hep-hep, jim-jam-jump, the jumpin' jive Hep-hep, I know you dug this mellow jive Hep-hep, boom, you dig it on the mellow side Hep-hep