Dear gentlefolk of Newport Or maybe I should say \"hats\" and \"cats\"? I want you to lend an ear Because, well, I want you to hear Some really shimmerin' sharps and flats
For these cosy virtuosi Just abou the greatest in the trade Are fixin' to show you now Precisely how Or approximately Jazz music is made
Well, you take some skins Jazz begins Then you take a bass Man, now we're gettin' someplace Take a box One that rocks Take a blue horn New Orleans-born
Aah 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 Ah, that's positively Therapeutic
Now you has jazz, jazz, jazz Messrs, Hall and Young Ah said Hall and Tommy Young
Now you has Messrs Kyle and Shaw That's Billy Kyle, Arvel Shaw Now you has Mr. Barret Deans Well, listen to, well, you know who
Say hey pops, you wanna grab a little of what's left here? Yeah, daddy, yeah, here we go If you sail a-sailin', sailin' over the sea When you wait for me Take my tip, they're all molto hip in Italy
Well, arrivederci as for France Oh, I know you're very big there Yes, believe it or not, I do believe, I do indeed The Frenchmen's all, prefer what they call 'Le jazz hot'
Take a plane, go to Siam In Bangkok today 'round the clock Well, they all like to jam Indians on the Amazon Beat one bar and all of 'em are Ah well, gone, man, gone
Ah, from the equator up to the pole Everybody wingin', everybody singin' That rock, rock, rock, rock, rock and roll From the east to the west From the coast to the coast jazz is king Jazz is the thing that folks dig most!