Perhaps it was something that hit me, perhaps it was something I ate,
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But out of the blue I dreamed I met you and you said to me, "Hi, ya Gate!"
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Millions have heard you play Chopin, the critics applaud and approve,
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But millions more would simply adore to hear you get in the groove.
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You won't believe it, you'll think it's a dream
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To hear them riffing it, right on the beam,
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But when you hear trumpets give out a call, you'll know
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The Joint Is Really Jumpin' down at Carnegie Hall
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Instead of Strauss they play Irving Berlin,
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Instead of Brahms it's "Begin the Begin"
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Those classic ackies are due for a fall since
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The Joint Is Really Jumpin' down at Carnegie Hall
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They're playing
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Ta-tlee-a-ti, Ta-tlee-a-ti, with Shostakovich,
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Ta-tlee-a-ti, Ta-tlee-a-ti, Mozart and Bach,
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Ta-tlee-a-ti, Ta-tlee-a-ti, and they don't know which,
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'Cause anything can happen when they start to rock.
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The philharmonic was so dignified
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But now they're groovy and starting to ride,
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Handel and Haydn are facing the wall
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'cause The Joint Is Really Jumpin' down in Carnegie Hall.
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They-hey swing ev'rything with a ding dong
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And when the Maestro gives them a beat, it's a
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Reet Beat that starts 'em to toot with a
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Root Toot that's a bit of alright,
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and even Jose Iturbi getting hep, he's hep, he's hep.
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Boy!
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Tschai-Tschai-Tschai-kovsky would really be hurt
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to hear 'em jivin' his Piano Concert,
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Beethoven's lucky, he can't hear at all
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because the Joint Is Really Jumpin' down at Carnegie Hall.
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The Joint Is Really Jumpin' at Carnegie Hall
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| Judy Garland |
