Hep-hep

De-boodle-de-ack de-boodle-de-ackasaki

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

Lay it flat as a gator

Now can't 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 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

Will make you dig your jive

On the mellow side

Hep-hep

Hep-hep

The jim jam jump 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 on the jumpin' jive

That 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

Now I've told you 'bout the jumpin' jive

The jim jam jump the jumpin' jive

I know you dug this mellow jive

Oh you dig it on the mellow side