Lyrics - Five O'clock Drag by Ellington Duke

You're "hep" to what's buzzin', cousin;
You're up on what's cookin' too
Don'tcha start relaxin',
Jackson;
Show what you can do.
The
Five
O'clock
Drag is drivin'!
Just look at those cats arrivin'around about five for jivin';
Say, it's a real "hep" treat.
The rhythm it blares is tricky,a rhythm that scares an "ickie";it's givin' the square a mickie,a touch of
Basin
Street
First, you start to zag,and then you zig it,
And then you dig it
Hip!
Hip!
Hip!
Then you start to shag, and,as you jig it,you take a hop a jump,or a skip.
Five
O'clock
Drag is jumpin'
The drummer man's beat is thumpin';
Five
O'clock
Drag is sumpin'
That really does "all reet."
The
Five
O'clock
Drag is drivin'!
Just look at those cats arrivin'around about five for jivin';
Say, it's a real "hep" treat.
The rhythm it blares is tricky,a rhythm that scares an "ickie";it's givin' the square a mickie,a touch of
Basin
Street
First, you start to zag,and then you zig it,
And then you dig it
Hip!
Hip!
Hip!
Then you start to shag, and,as you jig it,you take a hop a jump,or a skip.
Five
O'clock
Drag is jumpin'
The drummer man's beat is thumpin';
Five
O'clock
Drag is sumpin'
That really does "all reet."

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