Transcribed from vocals by Cab Calloway, recorded
July 17, 1939,
From Cab
Calloway and His Orchestra, 1939-1940, Chronological Classics 595.
Hep-hep!
De-boodle-de-ack, de-boodle-de-ackasaki!
Hep-hep!
Oh, rang-tang, te-dah-dah,
Hep-hep!
Gonna tell you 'bout the jumpin'
jive,
Hep-hep!
Jim, jam, jump, the jumpin' jive;
Hep-hep!
Cats gonna beat out this mellow
jive;
Hep-hep!
Beat it out on the mellow side.
Boy?
Whatcha gonna say there, gate?
Oh, boy!
Whatcha gonna say there, gate?
Palomar, shalomar, Swanee shore,
Let me dig that jive once more,
Boy!
Lay it right on down to the
gator.
Oh, boy!
Lay it flat as a gator.
Now, can't you hear those hepcats
call,
Yeah!
Come on, boys, let's have a ball!
The jim, jam, jump on 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 the joint jump like the
gators do,
The 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!
Hep-hep!
Hep-hep!
Hep-hep!
Hep-hep!
The jim, jam, jump on the jumpin'
jive,
Will make you dig your jive on
the mellow side,
Hep-hep!
Hep-hep!
The jim, jam, jump, 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 the joint jump like the
gators do,
The 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;
Hep-hep!
Hep-hep!
[Scating]
Now, I've told you 'bout the jumpin'
jive,
The jim, jam, jump, the jumpin'
jive,
I know you dug this mellow jive,
Oh, you dig it on the mellow side.
Transcribed from Nat Gonella & His New Georgians,
vocal by Stella Moya, recorded August 14, 1940.
From Dance Crazy: from the Charleston to the
Jive; Past Times, PPCD 78104
Boy? Oh, boy!
Panama, Shanama, Swanee shore,
Let me dig that jive some more;
Boy? Oh boy!
The jim-jam-jump with the jumpin'
jive
Makes you get your kicks on the
mellow side.
Hep! Hep!
Hep! Hep!
The jim-jam-jump with the solid
jive,
Makes you nine foot tall when you're
four foot five,
Hep! hep!
Hep! Hep!
Don't be that ickeroo,
Get hep and follow through,
And get your steady foo
Make the joint jump like the gators
do,
The jim-jam-jump with the jumpin'
jive,
Makes you like your eggs on the
Jersey side,
Hep! Hep!
Hep! Hep!
The jim-jam-jump with the jumpin'
jive,
Makes you hep! hep! hep! on the
mellow side!
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