The Jumpin' Jive (Hep! Hep!) - Cab Calloway

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!

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

Another Version

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!