Nobody knows just how it started

Somebody blew it through a horn

Somebody played it on a bell

Somebody sang it and a song was born

Now it's the craze the new sensation

Now it's the song the bands all swing

Now it's the phrase that rocks the nation

Don't try to stop me cause I'm going to sing

I see a-mugging boom doddy doddy

I see a-mugging bang doddy doddy

I see a-mugging boom doddy doddy

Be-bop be-bop be-bop be-bo

I see a-mugging boom doddy doddy

I see a-mugging

Dick's a-mugging

Well mug on out there cat

I see a-mugging boom doddy doddy

I see a-mugging bang doddy doddy

I see a-mugging boom doddy doddy

Be-bop be-bop be-bop be-bo