Gonna tell you 'bout the jumpin' jive The jim-jam, the jumpin' jive Man, those cats gonna beat out that mellow jive Beat it out on the mellow side Boys - what you gonna say down there? Oh Boys - what you gonna say down there? Palamar, Shalamar, Swanny Shore Let me dig that jive some more Boys - take it right on down to the gator Oh boys - gotta take a sly little gator Can't you hear those hip cats shout Come on boys let's have a ball The jip-jam-jump is the jumpin' jive Makes you dig your jive on the mellow side The jip-jam-jump is a solid jive Makes you nine foot tall when you four foot five Now, don't you be that ickeroo Get hip, come on and follow through When you get your steady fool You met your jump like the gators do The jip-jam-jump is a jumpin' jive Makes you dig your eggs on the Jersey side The jip-jam-jumpin' jive Makes you hip hip on the mellow side The jip-jam-jump is the jumpin' jive Makes you dig your jive on the mellow side The jip-jam-jump, the jumpin' jive Makes you nine foot tall when you four foot five Now, don't you be that ickeroo Get hip, come on and follow through When you get your steady fool You met your jump like the gators do The jip-jam-jump is a jumpin' jive Makes you dig your eggs on the Jersey side The jip-jam-jumpin' jive Makes you hip hip on the mellow side Skibbel-de-doo... The jim-jam jump, the jumpin' jive Makes you hip hip on the mellow side