Bing Crosby
Now You Has Jazz
Gentlefolk of NewportOr should I say "hats and cats,"Please lend an earThat you all may hearSome shimmering sharps and flats.For those cosy virtuosi,known as "hipsters" to the trade,wish to show you nowPrecisely howJazz music is made.Take some skins,Jazz begins,Take a bassSteady pace,Take a box,One that rocks,Take a blue horn New Orleans-born.Take a stickWith a lick,Take a bone,Dixie-grown,Take a spot,Cool and hot,Now you has jazz jazz jazz, jazz, jazz.SongtexteNow you has,Now you has,Now you has,Now you has,Now you has,Now you has,Now you has jazz, jazz, jazz, jazz, jazz, jazz,Now youHas,Now youHas,Now youHas,Now you has jazz, jazz, jazz, jazz, jazz.JazzJazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Now you has jazz, Now you has jazz,Now you has jazzIf you sailOver the sea,Take my tipThey're all molto hipIn Italy.As for France,Believe it or not,Frenchmen all prefer what they call"Le Jazz Hot."Take a planeGo to Siam,In BangkokToday, 'round the clock,They have a jam.Indians onthe AmazonBeat one barand all of 'em aregone, man, gone.From the EquatorUp to the Pole,Through the airyou hear everywhereRock and roll.From the EastOut to the West,Jazz is king,'Cause jazz is the thingFolksDigBest.
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