The Jitterbug
Performed by Betty Hutton
Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Music by Harold Arlen
© 1939 Leo Feist Inc.
Lyrics:
Listen all you chil’ren to that voodoo moan
There’s a modern villain worser than that ol’ boogie woogie
When that goofy critter spots your fancy clothes
He injects the jitter, starts you dancin’ on a thousand toes
There he goes
Who’s that hiding in the tree top?
It’s the rascal the Jitterbug!
If you find him hangin’ ‘round you
Keep away from the Jitterbug!
Oh, the bees and the breeze and the bats in the trees
Have a terrible, horrible buzz
But the bees and the breeze and the bats in the trees
Couldn’t do what the Jitterbug does
So be careful of that rascal
Keep away from the Jitterbug!
The Jitterbug!
Oh, the Jitter! Oh, the Bug!
And I don’t mean a thug or a rug
Or a lug or a bug or a jug
But the Jitterbug
So when you get jumped, you’re too slow
Watch your step, you gotta get hep
For the bees and the breeze and the bats in the trees
Have a terrible, horrible buzz
But the bees and the breeze and the bats in the trees
Couldn’t do what the Jitterbug does
So be careful of that rascal
Keep away from the Jitterbug!
The Jitterbug!
Where’s that silly little lug?
Where’s that guy that cuts a rug?
Where’s that silly Jitterbug?
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Recording History:
Released on Bluebird 10367
a-side: The Jitterbug
b-side: If I Only Had A Brain (Instrumental)
Recorded 1939
Orchestra conducted by Vincent Lopez
Running Time: 2 mins 28 secs
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