When your sweetie tells you, everything'll be okay,
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Just skeep-beep de bop-bop beep bop bo-dope skeetle-at-de-op-de-day!
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If you feel like shoutin', advertise it just this way:
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And skeep-beep de bop-bop beep bop bo-dope skeetle-at-de-op-de-day!
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Don't give a hang what words you use at any time,
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Sing this silly language, without any reason or rhyme.
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When you face the preacher, there's only one thing to say:
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Just skeep-beep de bop-bop beep bop bo-dope skeetle-at-de-op-day!
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[Scat chorus]
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Another version
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[Starts with impressive scatting, then:]
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Spoken: [Bennie Payne?] Say, what you doin', boy? [Cab] Oh, man, I'm just scatting and going right on to town, Satchmo!
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When your sweetie tells you, everything'll be okay,
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Just: [Instrumental]
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If you feel like shoutin', advertise it just this way:
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And [Instrumental]
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Don't give a hang what words you use at any time,
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Sing this silly language, without any reason or rhyme.
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When you face the preacher, there's only one thing to say:
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Just [Instrumental]
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[Followed by incredible scat-singing!]
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The Scat Song
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| Cab Calloway |
