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So in my quest for new yayhappyswing I downloaded something credited to Glenn Miller - Jumpin' Jive, which I know was originally a Cab Calloway song. It sounds awfully familiar tune-wise though I'd never heard the words - in this version voiced by a chipper-sounding girl:

The jip-jam jump is a solid jive
Makes you get your kicks on the mellow side
Hep hep! Hep hep!
The jip-jam jump is a solid jive
Makes you nine foot tall when you're four foot five
Hep hep! Hep hep!


Don't be an ickaroo
Get hep and follow through
And get your steady fool
Make your joint jump like the gators do

The jim-jam jump is a jumpin' jive
Makes you like your eggs on the Jersey side
Hep hep! Hep hep!
The jimp jam jumpin' jive makes you hep hep on the mellow side

They spoke a completely different language! I WANT TO LEARN IT! I wish I had a clue what any of the lingo in these lyrics means.