Baby, baby it looks like
its gonna hail
Baby, baby it looks like
its 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 away!

Papas in the icebox lookin
for a can of ale
Papas in the icebox lookin
for a can of ale
Mamas 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 away!

A woman is a woman and
a man aint nothin but a male
A woman is a woman and
a man aint nothin but a male
One good thing about him
He knows how to jive and 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 wants
to learn 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 away!