Baby, baby it looks like
it's gonna hail
Baby, baby it looks like
it's gonna hail
You'd better come inside let
me teach you how to jive
an' wail
Oh,
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
and wail
<Interlude>
Poppa's in the icebox lookin'
for a can of ale
Poppa's in the icebox lookin'
for a can of ale
Momma's in the backyard
learnin' how to jive an' wail
Oh,
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
and wail
<Interlude>
A woman is a woman and a man
ain't nothin' but a male
A woman is a woman and a man
ain't nothin' but a male
One good thing about is that he
knows how to jive an' wail
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 wanted to
learn how to jive an' wail
Oh,
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
and wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
and wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
and wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
you gotta jump jive
an' then you wail
cked down
and they put you first in line
And so you finally ask yourself
just how big you are
and take your place in a wiser
world of bigger motor cars
<Intelrude>
So Where the hell was Biggles
when you needed him
last Saturday
And where were all the sportsmen
who always pulled you though
They're all resting down
in Cornwall
writing up their memoirs
for a paper-back edition
of the Boy Scout Manual
See there! A man born