Cab Calloway: "(Hep! Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive" Lyrics

Hep Hep

Hep Het

Boy? 

What ya gonna say there gate?

Oh, boy!

What ya gonna say there gate?

Panama, Shanama, Swanee Shaw,

Let me dig that jive some more;

Boy? 

Take it right on down to Decater

Oh boy!

Gotta dig a fine little Gator

Well now Cant you hear them Hep Cats Call 

Yeah!

Come on Boys lets have a ball!

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 

Scat--

Hep Hep

Hep Het

Boy? 

What ya gonna say there gate?

Oh, boy!

What ya gonna say there gate?

Panama, Shanama, Swanee Shaw,

Let me dig that jive some more;

Boy? 

Take it right on down to Decater

Oh boy!

Gotta dig a fine little Gator

Well now Cant you hear them Hep Cats Call 

Yeah!

Come on Boys lets have a ball!

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 

(Scat to the end)