Jumpin' Jive lyrics

Boy

Whatcha gonna say there, 'gator?

Oh, boy

Whatcha gonna say there, 'gator?

Palomar, shalomar, Swanee shore

Let me dig this jive once more

Boy

Take it right on down to the 'gator

Oh boys, gotta take a side elevator

Now can't you hear those hep cats call

Come on boys let's have a ball

The jim, jam, jump with 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 then you follow through

You get your steady foo

You make the joint jumpin' like the gators do

Jim, jam, jump on 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

De-boodle-de boodle-de-boodle-de...

Bang-bang-tang, te-dah-dah

Now, I've told you 'bout the jumpin' jive

The jim, jam, jump, the jumpin' jive

You got to dig this mellow jive

Yes, yes, you dig it on the mellow side

(Scat1with the Nicholas Brothers)

1. "In vocal jazz, scat singing is vocal improvisation with wordless

vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all.

Scat singing is a difficult technique that requires singers

with the ability to sing improvised melodies and rhythms

using the voice as an instrument rather than a speaking medium."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scat_singing