Doin' The Jive

You clap your hands

And you swing out wide

Do the Suzie Q, mix in a step or two

Put 'em all together, and you're doin' the jive

Oh, you stomp your feet, you swing out wide

Mess around a while, shake it boogie-woogie style

Everybody's swingin' when you doin' the jive

If you can't play rummy, or at bridge, you're the dummy

Don't let it bother you

'Cause you'll be the king when the band begins to swing

You'll be a smarty and the life of the party

If you do a bump, and you swing out wide

Drop a little bit, beat it out and make a fit

Everybody's happy when you're doin' the jive

It may be somethin' but it's not the jive

It may be somethin' but it's not the jive

Well, what is the jive?

What is the jive, why man alive

The jive's the jive

Why I cut you some riff and posse too

Just what else are we supposed to do?

Take it cool now boss, give me a chance

You're all mixed up

'Cause the jive's the dance

Well, tell me some more, I'm a suck at you

Well, down there some horn will have dancin' tools

You clap your hands, and you swing out wide

Do the Suzie Q, mix in a step or two

Put it all together, and you're doin' the jive

Oh, you stomp your feet

And you swing out wide

Mess around a while, shake it boogie-woogie style

Everybody's swingin' when you doin' the jive

If you can't play rummy, or at bridge, you're the dummy

Don't let it bother you 'cause you'll be the king

When the band begins to swing

You'll be a smarty and the life of the party

If you do a bump, and you swing out wide

Drop a little bit, beat it out and make a fit

Everybody's happy when you're doin' the jive