Jumpin’ Jive

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Joe Jackson - R&B

Jumpin’ Jive

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[Verse 1] Boys, what you gonna say down there? Oh boys, what you gonna say down there? Palomar, Shalimar, Swanee shore Let me dig that jive once more [Verse 2] Boys, take it right on down to the gator Oh boys, gotta take a side elevator Can't you hear those hep cats call? Come on boys, let's have a ball [Chorus] Jim-jam-jump is a jumpin' jive Makes you dig your jive on the mellow side, hep hep Hep hep Jim-jam-jump is a 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 When you get your steady foo Make your jump like the gators do Jim-jam-jump is a 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 [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] Jim-jam-jump is a jumpin' jive Makes you nine foot tall when you're four foot five The jimma-jamma-jumpa is a jumpin' jive Makes you dig your jive on the mellow side Now, don't you be that ickeroo Get hep, come on and follow through When you get your steady foo You make yourself jump like the gators do Jim-jam-jump is a 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 [Scatting] [Outro] Now I told you 'bout the jumpin' jive (Hep hep) Jim-jam-jump, the jumpin' jive (Hep hep) I know you dug this mellow jive 'Cause you dig it on the mellow side

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Credits

Writers
  • Cab Calloway
  • Frank Froeba
  • Jack Palmer