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 (gotta lay it flat as a gator)
Now, can't you hear those hep cats call? (Yeah!)
Come on, boys, let's have a ball

(The jim, jam, jump is 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, 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 (da, da-da, da-da-da)
Will make you dig your jive on the mellow side (da, da-da, da-da-da)
Hep hep
Hep hep

The jim, jam, jump, the solid jive (da, da-da, da-da-da)
Makes you nine foot tall when you're four foot five (da, da-da, da-da-da)
Hep hep
Hep hep

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 (da, da-da, da-da-da)
Makes you like your eggs on the Jersey side (da, da-da, da-da-da)
Hep hep
Hep hep

The jim, jam, jumpin' jive
Makes you hep hep, on the mellow side
(Hep hep) skiboodilyboodily-diddlydiddly, doodlydoodly, going-going-going, dadada)

(Hep hep) now, I've told you 'bout the jumpin' jive (hep hep)
The jim, jam, jump, the jumpin' jive (hep hep)
I know you dug this mellow jive (hep hep)
Bom, ga-diggit on the mellow side!

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Writer(s): Cab Calloway, Frank Froeba, Jack Palmer