Baby, baby it' looks like it's gonna hail
You better come inside let me teach you how to jive and wail
You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail
You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail
you gotta jump, jive, and then you wail a-way
Saxophone solo (clap along)
verse 2
N.C.
Papa's in the icebox lookin' for a can of ale
Mama's in the backyard learning how to jive and wail
You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail
You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail
you gotta jump, jive, and then you wail a-way
Guitar solo (clap along)
verse 3
N.C.
A woman is a woman and a man ain't nothin' but a male
One good thing about him He knows how to jive and wail
verse 4
Jack and jill went up the hill to get a pail
Jack and jill went up the hill to get a pail
Jill stayed up, she wants to learn how to jive and wail
(Clap along)
jump, jive, and then you wail You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail
You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail
You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail away!
You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail
You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail
You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail away!
You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail
You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail
You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail away! Ye-ah-hh!