(words and music by Cab Calloway, Fred Froeba and Jack Palmer)Boys - what you gonna say down there?Oh Boys - what you gonna say down there?Palamar, Shalamar, Swanny ShoreLet me dig that jive once moreBoys - take it right on down to the gatorOh boys - gotta take a side elevatorCan't you hear those hip cats callCome on boys let's have a ballThe jip-jam-jump is a jumpin' jiveMakes you dig your jive on the mellow sideThe jip-jam-jump is a solid jiveMakes you nine foot tall when you're four foot fiveNow, don't you be that ickerooGet hip, come on and follow doWhen you get your steady foolYou met your jump like the gators doThe jip-jam-jump is a jumpin' jiveMakes you like your eggs on the Jersey sideThe jip-jam-jumpin' jiveMakes you hip hip on the mellow side(instrumental break)The jip-jam-jump is a solid jiveMakes you nine foot tall when you're four foot fiveThe jip-jam-jumpin' jiveMakes you hip hip on the mellow sideNow, don't you be that ickerooGet hip, come on and follow doWhen you get your steady foolYou met your jump like the gators doThe jip-jam-jump is a jumpin' jiveMakes you like your eggs on the Jersey sideThe jip-jam-jumpin' jiveMakes you hip hip on the mellow sideSkibbel-de-doo...Now I told you 'bout the jumpin' jiveJip-jam-jum the jumpin' jiveI know you dug this mellow jiveCause you dig it on the mellow side