Hep-hep! De-boodle-de-ack, de-boodle-de-ackasaki (hep-hep!) Oh, rang-tang, te-dah-dee (hep-hep!) Gonna tell you 'bout the jumpin' jive (hep-hep!) Jim, jam, jump, the jumpin' jive (hep-hep!) Cat's 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, in case 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 is 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! Now I've told you about the jumpin' jive The jim, jam, jump, the jumpin' jive You've got to sing for this solid jive, yes yes! The jim, jam, jump, jumpin' jive Makes you hep-hep on the mellow side!