Transcribed from Fats Waller and His Rhythm, vocals
by Fats Waller; recorded 10/7/37;
From An
Introduction to Fats Waller: His Best Recordings 1928 - 1942; Best of Jazz,
4006.
They have a new expression along
old Harlem way,
That tells you when a party is
ten times more than gay:
To say that things are jumpin'
leaves not a single doubt,
That everthing is in full swing
when you hear someone shout.
Here 'tis:
The joint is jumpin',
It's really jumpin',
Come in, cats, and check your hats,
I mean this joint is jumpin'!
The piano's thumpin',
The dancers are bumpin',
This here spot is more than hot,
In fact, the joint is jumpin'!
Check your weapons at the door,
Be sure to pay your quarter,
Burn your leather on the floor,
Grab anybody's daughter.
The roof is rockin',
The neighbors knockin',
We're all bums when the wagon comes,
I mean, this joint is jumpin'!
[Spoken]
Let it be! Yas!
Burn this joint, boy!
Yas!
Oh, my! Yas!
Don't you hit that chick, that's
my broad!
Where'd you get that stuff at?
Why, I'll knock you to your knees!
What?
Put this cat out of here!
What?
Get rid of that pistol! Get rid
of that pistol! Yeah! Get rid of it, yas!
Yeah!
That's what I'm talkin' about!
Ha, ha! Yas!
Now it's really ready!
No, baby, not now, I can't come
over there right now.
Yeah, let's do it!
[Party noises and shouting]
The joint is jumpin',
It's really jumpin'!
Every Mose is on his toes,
I mean this joint is jumpin'!
[Police whistle]
Uh-oh! No time for talkin',
This place is walkin', yes,
Get your jug and cut the rug,
I think the joint is jumpin'.
Listen!
Get your pig feet, bread and gin,
There's plenty in the kitchen!
Who is that that just came in?
Just look at the way he's switchin'!
[Spoken]
Aw, mercy,
Don't mind the hour,
I'm in power.
I've got bail if we go to jail.
I mean this joint is jumpin'!
Don't give your right name, no,
no, no, no!
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Published 10/9/99.
Fats
Waller, excellent autobiograhy
by son Maurice Waller.
You
can find transcriptions of what Fats Waller actually played in Thomas
"Fats" Waller: The Great Solos, 1929-1941, transcribed by Paul Posnak.
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