Java Jive ♪

Ben Oakland

Componist Ben Oakland
Tekst Milton Drake
Jaar 1940
Arrangement Kirby Shaw
Songtekst Java Jive

Doom ba da ba doom ba da ba doom ba da ba da ba da ba
Doom ba da ba doom ba da ba doom ba da ba da ba da ba
I love coffee, I love tea,
I love the java jive and it loves me.
Coffee and tea and the java and me,
a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup!

I love java sweet and hot. Whoops! Mister Moto,
I’m a coffee pot. Shoot me the pot and I’ll pour me a shot,
a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup!
Oh, slip me a slug from that wonderful mug and
I’ll cut a rug ‘till I’m snug in a jug. A slice of onion and a raw one,

Waiter, waiter, percolator! I love coffee, I love tea,
I love the java jive and it loves me.
Coffee and tea and the java and me,
a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup!

Boston beans, I said those itty bitty little green beans.
You know that I’m not keen about a bean,
unless it is a cheery coffee bean.

Oo, wah, oo ba day doh. Oo, wah, oo ba day doh.
Oo, wah, oo, wah wah oop!
Doo oot doot doot, doot doot doot doot,
Doo oot doot doot wah oo.

Tak in’it slow.
Waiter, waiter, percolator! I love coffee, coffee and tea,
I love the java jive and it loves me.
A well a coffee and tea and the java and me
a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup. Boy!