The Jumpin' Jive - Big Bad VooDoo Daddy
(Hep-hep)
(Hep-hep) be-doodle-de-ack, be-doodle-de-ackasaki (hep-hep)
Oh, boo-dang, dang-a-dee-day (hep-hep)
Gonna tell you 'bout the jumpin' jive (hep-hep)
Jim, jam, the jumpin' jive (hep-hep)
Man,
those cats
gonna beat out that
mellow jive (hep-hep)
Beat it out on the
mellow side, dig it
Boy (whatcha
gonna say there, gate?)
Oh, boy (whatcha
gonna say there, gate?)
Now, Palomar, Shalamar,
Swanee shores
Let me dig that jive some more
Boy (take it
right on down to the gator)
Oh, boy (little gator,
slide little gator)
Now, can you hear them
hepcats shout?
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 four feet five
Hep-hep
Hep-hep
And 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
(The jim, jam, jump, the jumpin' jive)
Makes you hep-hep on the
mellow side, get mellow
(Hep-hep)
(Hep-hep)
(Hep-hep)
(Hep-hep)
(Hep-hep)
(Hep-hep)
(Hep-hep)
The jim, jam, jump and jumpin' jive
Makes you dig your jive on the
mellow side
Hep-hep
Hep-hep
The jim, jam, jump, and 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 hep, come on,
follow through
Then you get your
steady foo
You make the
joint jump like the
gators do
The jim, jam, jump and jumpin' jive
Makes you dig your eggs on the
Jersey side
Hep-hep
The jim, jam, jump, and the jumpin' jive
Makes you hep-hep on the
mellow side
The jim, jam, jump, and the jumpin' jive
Makes you hep-hep on the
mellow side