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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Joe Jackson
Joe Jackson
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway
Songwriter
Frank Froeba
Frank Froeba
Composer
Jack Palmer
Jack Palmer
Composer
Joe Jackson
Joe Jackson
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Joe Jackson
Joe Jackson
Producer
Norman Mighell
Norman Mighell
Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Boys (Whatcha gonna say down there?)
Oh, boys (Whatcha gonna say down there?)
Palomar, Shalimar, Swanee shore
Let me dig that jive once more
[Verse 2]
Boys (Take a ride on down to the gator)
Oh, boys (Gotta take the side elevator)
Can't you hear those hepcats call?
Come on, boys, let's have a ball
[Verse 3]
(Jim, jam, jump is a jumpin' jive)
Makes you dig your jive on the mellow side
(Jim, jam, jump is a jumpin' jive)
Makes you nine foot tall when your four foot five
[Verse 4]
Now, don't you be that ikaroo
Get hep, come on and follow through
When you get your steady foo
You make the joint jump like the gators do
[Verse 5]
(Jim, jam, jump is a jumpin' jive)
Makes you like your rings on the Jersey side
The Jim, jam jumpin' jive
Makes you hep, hep on the mellow side
[Verse 6]
The Jim, jam jumpin' jive
Makes you nine foot tall when your four foot five
The jimmy, jammy, jump is a jumpin' jive
Let's your dig your jive on the mellow side
[Verse 7]
Now don't you be that ikaroo
Get hep, come on and follow through
When you get your steady foo
You make the joint jump like the gators do
[Verse 8]
(Jim, jam, jump is a jumpin' jive)
Makes you like your rings on the Jersey side
The Jim, jam jumpin' jive
Makes you hep, hep on the mellow side
[Verse 9]
Now I told you 'bout the jumpin' jive
Jim, jam, jump, the jumpin' jive
I know you dug this mellow jive
'Cause you dig it on the mellow side
Written by: Cab Calloway, Frank Froeba, Jack Palmer
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