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Jersey Bounce
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Ella Fitzgerald
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Words by Robert B. Wright
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Music by Bobby Plater, Tiny Bradshaw, and Edward Johnson
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- As sung by Ella Fitzgerald, who did NOT chart it
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- Most popular version, by Benny Goodman, hit # 1 in 1942, was an instrumental
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- Also charted that same year by Jimmy Dorsey (#9) and Shep Fields (#15)
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(scat intro)
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They call it that Jersey bounce
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A rhythm that really counts
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The temperature always mounts
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Wherever they play, the funny rhythm they play
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It started on Journal Square
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And somebody heard it there
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He put it right on the air
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And now you hear it everywhere
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Uptown, gave it new licks
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Downtown, added some tricks
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No town, makes it sound, the same
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As where it came from
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So if you don't feel so hot
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Go out to some Jersey spot
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And whether you're hep or not
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The Jersey bounce'll make you swing
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(scat)
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How I love that Jersey bounce
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(scat)
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Oh come on and play that Jersey bounce
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(scat)
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They call it that Jersey bounce
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A rhythm that really counts
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The temperature always mounts
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Whenever they play that Jersey Bounce
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It started on Journal Square
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And somebody heard it there
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He put it right on the air
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That tune called the Jersey Bounce
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Uptown, gave it new licks
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Downtown, added some tricks
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No town, make it sound the same
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As where it came from
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So if you don't feel so hot
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Go out to some Jersey spot
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And whether you're hep or not
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The Jersey bounce'll make you swing
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Ounce by ounce
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The Jersey Bounce
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Puts you right in the swing
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That Jersey Bounce
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It'll make you swing
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Give me that Jersey Bounce.
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Jersey Bounce
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| Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra |
