Dear gentle folk of Newport
Or maybe I should hats and cats
I want you to lend an ear because, uh well,
I want you some really shimmering sharps and flats.
For these cozy virtuosi
Just about the greatest in the trade
Are fixin' to show you now
Precisely how...
Or approxiamtely...
Jazz music is made.
Well, you take some skins
Jazz begins,
And you take a bass
Man, now we're getting someplace.
Take a box, one that rocks
Take a blue horn, New Orleans born
Ahhhh, you take a stick
With a lick
Take a bone
Ho, ho, hold the phone
Take a spot
Cool and hot
Now you has jazz, jazz
jazz, jazz, jazz
Le tout ensemble
Ohh, that's positively...
Theraputic
Now you has jazz, jazz, jazz.
Messrs, Hall and Young
That's Ed Hall, and Trummy Young
Now you has Messrs Kyle and Shaw.
That's Billy Kyle, Arvil Shaw
Now you has Mr. Barret Deems
Listen to, well, you know who (Louis)
Hey, Pops, you, you wanna grab a little of what's left here?
Louis: Yeah, Daddy, yeah
Here we go, If you sail
Louis: A-sailin', sailin'
Over the sea
Louis: Will you wait for me?
Take my tip, they're all Molto hip in Italy
Louis: Well, Arrevederci, as for France
Oh, I know you're very big there!
Louis: Yes, believe it or not
I do believe, I do indeed
Louis: The Frenchmens all prefer what they call le jazz hot
Follow me down!
Take a plane (Boo baba du za!)
Go to Siam (Baba doo ooh-aa)
In Bangkok, today round the clock
Well, they all like to jam (Baba tzu diaa)
Indians on... (Ohhh, baba bobozed)
The Amazon (Ohhh, bababalalala da!)
Beat one bar and all of them are
(Ah, well, gone, man, gone!)
Ahhhhh, from the equator
Up to the pole
Everybody wingin', everybodying singin'
Tha-rop-rop-rop-rop rock n' roll
From the East to the West
From the coast to the coast
Jazz is king, cause jazz is the thing that
Boung, boung boung boung boung ba dum ba boop baaa.
Now that's jazz.

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