Joe Jackson Jumpin' Jive
(words and music by Cab Calloway, Fred Froeba and Jack Palmer) Boys - what you gonna say down there? Oh Boys - what you gonna say down there? Palamar, Shalamar, Swanny Shore Let me dig that jive once more Boys - take it right on down to the gator Oh boys - gotta take a side elevator Can't you hear those hip cats call Come on boys let's have a ball The jip-jam-jump is a jumpin' jive Makes you dig your jive on the mellow side The jip-jam-jump is a solid jive Makes you nine foot tall when you're four foot five Now, don't you be that ickeroo Get hip, come on and follow do When you get your steady fool You met your jump like the gators do The jip-jam-jump is a jumpin' jive Makes you like your eggs on the Jersey side The jip-jam-jumpin' jive Makes you hip hip on the mellow side (instrumental break) The jip-jam-jump is a solid jive Makes you nine foot tall when you're four foot five The jip-jam-jumpin' jive Makes you hip hip on the mellow side Now, don't you be that ickeroo Get hip, come on and follow do When you get your steady fool You met your jump like the gators do The jip-jam-jump is a jumpin' jive Makes you like your eggs on the Jersey side The jip-jam-jumpin' jive Makes you hip hip on the mellow side Skibbel-de-doo... Now I told you 'bout the jumpin' jive Jip-jam-jum the jumpin' jive I know you dug this mellow jive Cause you dig it on the mellow side
