We Haz Jazz Lyric Sheets

#1 We Haz Jazz
We got razz-a-ma-tazz,
I mean, Tazz-a-ma-jazz,
Whatever you call it, it swings!
Be ba didle du wop, do a little be-bop,
Lets get together and sing!
Oh, Du wa du wa, I mean, wa du wa du,
The meaning is simple and clear.
Were hanging out with Ella and that Dizzy fella,
waitin for the blues to appear.

#2 Lets Jam!
Rap: Evry body has jazz inside,
So dont you run, and dont you hide.
Just share that music, make that sound,
Theres plenty of jazz to go around!
You got the rhythm, you got the style,
You got the swing and you got the smile!
Now youre ready its up to you.
Theres only one thing left to do, Yeah!

We haz Jazz, Jazz, Jazz! We haz Jazz, Jazz, Jazz!

We haz Jazz, Jazz, Jazz, yes we haz!

Lets Jam! Evrybody join the fun,

Lets Jam! Dancin til the day is done,
Lets Jam! Evrybody on the floor,
Or we will show you the door, Hey!

Jelly Roll and Charlie, Bessie Smith and Artie,

Evry one of them was harmonious
Jim and Tommy Dorsey, Woody, Glen and Basie,
Theres even a guy named Thelonious! (Thelonius?)
Boogie Woogie, I mean, Woogie Boogie, why dont
you give it a chance?
Grab yourself a partner, music is a smartner,
whatever you call it, lets dance!
We haz Jazz, Jazz, Jazz! We haz Jazz, Jazz, Jazz!
We haz Jazz, Jazz, Jazz, yes we haz!
We haz Jazz, (JAZZ!) Jazz, Jazz! We haz Jazz,
(JAZZ!) Jazz, Jazz!
We haz Jazz, (JAZZ!) Jazz, Jazz, yes we haz
(yes, we haz jazz)! We haz jazz!

Lets Jam! Evrybody join the band,

Lets Jam! The best band in the land,
Lets Jam! Heres where jam began,
Were jammin as fast as we can, yeah, Lets Jam!
Rap: First you snap your fingers,
Then you stomp your feet,
This jammin music just cant be beat!
Scat: :
Ba doot dow; Ba doot dow; Ba doot dow;
Ba doot da ba doot, da ba doot, da ba du dot!
2nd: ba daa du da; ba daa da ba du da; ba daa du da
Dot dot da ba doot da du dot!
3rd: Ba doot dot da dot; Ba doot dot da dot
ba doot dot da dot Ba, daa du da!

Oh! Lets Jam! Evrybody join the fun,

Lets Jam! Dancin til the day is done,
Lets Jam! Evrybody on the floor,
Or we will show you the door, Hey!

Thelonious Monk

GRADE 3 MUSICAL

Lets Jam! Evrybody join the band, Lets Jam!

The best band in the land,
Lets Jam! Heres where jam began,
Were jammin as fast as we can, yeah,
Lets Jam! Bop! Ba ba du bop!
THURSDAY, APRIL 16TH

2PM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Work!
Work!
Work!
Work!

#3 Work Song
In the mornin, Work! In the evenin,
Drivin steel til the sun goes down.
Bodys weary, Work! Bodys achin,
Bodys bent down to the ground.

Swing that hammer! (Swing that hammer);

Swing that hammer! (Swing that hammer);
Swing that hammer! (Swing that hammer);
Lord to these chains Im bound.
Swing that hammer! (Swing that hammer);
Swing that hammer! (Swing that hammer);
Swing that hammer! (Swing that hammer);
When the big boss man comes round
Work!
Work!
Work!
Work!
Work!
Work!

In the mornin, Work! In the evenin,

Drivin steel til the sun goes down.
Bodys weary, Work! Bodys achin,
Bodys bent down to the ground.
Bodys bent down to the ground.
Bodys bent down to----- the ground.
Work!

Bessie Smith

Jelly Roll Morton

#4 Im Old Enough to Sing the Blues

Only two days off, and five days of school.
Lots of chores and homework, and cafeteria food.
Life can be hard, and Im payin my dues;
And now I know Im old enough to sing the blues!
Hes got the blues Hes got the blues
Hes got the blues Hes got the blues
Hes paid his dues,
Hes old enough to sing the blues.
You think thats bad? Well listen to this:
I was baby sittin my little sister Bess,
But I got careless and she made a mess
My father says Im grounded til 2022,
And now I spend my time crying boo hoo hoo
Shes got the blues Shes got the blues
Shes got the blues Shes got the blues
Shes paid her dues,
Shes old enough to sing the blues.
Tell it like it T-I IS, sister!
I try to train my bulldog, but he doesnt have a clue,
It wastes my time, and annoys him too.
Today for lunch he chewed up
My pair of brand new pair of shoes.
I guess that proves Im old enough to sing the blues
Hes got the blues hes got the blues
. . . .hes paid his dues, hes old enough to sing the
blues! Oh yeah!

Billie Holiday

Charlie Bird Parker

Artie

#5 Up the M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i

#6 Hobo Swing

Movin up the river, leavin New Orleans,

Goin to Chicago, do you know what I mean?
Ask us how well get there and youll hear our reply
Up the M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i

Hobo swing, everybodys doing it,

Hobo swing, man alive!
Hobo swing, theres no way of stopping it,
Youre gonna dig this jump-in jive!

Big and bold and muddy and as wide as a mile,

Brand new kind of music in a brand new style.
Set your feet a dacin put a gleam in your eye,
Up the M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i

Hobo swing, hopping and a popping it,

Hobo swing, give me five!
Hobo swing, bop It, don t-cha drop it now,
Youre gonna dig this jump-in jive!

Hear the whistle, ring the bell

Get on board! Fare thee well!
Well knock em dead with Dixie,
Gonna have us a ball.
Tell my friends we might not get back home at all.
Happy, smilin faces and you know we dont lie
Up the M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i.
Yaht ta ta da da dot! Yaht ta ta da da dot!
Yaht ta ta da da dot! Ya dot!
Hear the whistle, ring the bell
Get on board! Fare thee well!
Well knock em dead in Dixie . . .
Ending: Up the M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i.
Up the M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i.
Up the M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i.
Up the M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-pp
-iiiiiii.
Mississippi!

Down the tracks were jamming,

Hear that engine roar,
Marking music with my friends
Who could ask for anything more?
Hobo swing, cutting up a rug to night
Hobo swing, weve arrived.
Hobo swing, cranking up the fahr-en-heit,
Youre gonna dig this jump-in jive!
Bop ba da dot,
bop ba da dot,
bop ba da dot,
boo ----ba---- boo bop!
Bop ba da dot,
bop ba da dot,
bop ba da dot,
boo---- ba---- ba du dot!
Down the tracks were jamming,
Hear that engine roar,
Marking music with my friends
Who could ask for anything more?
Hobo swing, cutting up a rug tonight
Hobo swing, weve arrived
Hobo swing, cranking up the fahr-en-heit
Youre gonna dig this jump-in jive!
Youre gonna dig----- this jump-in----------jive---------- Jazz

Glen Miller