Jump and Jive

Recorded by Will Shade in Memphis, TN

Verse:
C, C7, F, Fm

Bridge:
E7, A7, D7, G7

Who?s been here since I?ve been gone
A pretty little girl, you know, with a red dress on
Get up there, now won?t you send me, John
Get up there, now won?t you send me, John

Jaybird was sitting, you know, upon a wire
Eighteen miles up above the sky
Enough to make, you know, oh don?t you cry
Hear him sing, well won?t you send me, John
Hear him sing, well won?t you send me, John

I can eat more meat, you know, than the Judgment Joe
Some old woman who run and stole my yo
Get up there, send me, John
Get up there, send me, John

Robin the bobbin, you know, the big-bellied Ben
He ate more meat, you know, than the four score men
He ate a cow, you know, he ate a calf
He ate the butcher?s block, Lord, in half
Get up there, now won?t you send me, John
Get up there, now won?t you send me, John
Oh, robin the bobbin, you know, the big-bellied Ben
He ate more meat than the four score men

Now look: don?t you be no ickaroo
No, why don?t you get in the mood
Do just like you used to do
Oh, jive me, baby, like you used to do

Jivin? and jumpin?, you know, the jump and jive
I get my kicks, baby, on the mellow side
Hep, hep, nothing but a solid jive
Oh, baby, it?s nothing but a solid jive
I mean, jim-jam-jumpin?, it?s a jumpin? jive
I get my kicks on the mellow side

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