The Manhattan Transfer - Java Jive

Lyrics:

JAVA JIVE
Music by Ben Oakland, Lyric by Milton Drake

I love coffee, I love tea,
I love the Java Jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me,
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup!

I love java sweet and hot,
Whoops, Mister Moto, I'm a coffee pot
Shoot me the pot, and I'll pour me a shot,
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup!

Oh slip me a slug from the wonderful mug
and I'll cut a rug 'til I'm snug in a jug
A slice of onion and a raw one,
Draw one!
Waiter, waiter, percolator!

I love coffee, I love tea,
I love the Java Jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me,
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup!

Boston beans (soy beans)
I said the little itty-bitty green bean
(cabbage n' greens)
You know that I'm not keen about a bean, unless it is a
chili chili bean! (Talk it, boy!)

I love java sweet and hot,
Whoops, Mister Moto, I'm a coffee pot (yeah)
You shoot me the pot, and I'll pour me a shot,
A cup, a cup, a cup, 'an dat zat bootle!

Blow me a slug from that wonderful mug
And I'll cut a rug that's snug in a jug
Drop a nickel in my pot - Joe
Takin' it slow
Waiter, waiter percolator

I love coffee, I love tea,
I love the Java Jive an' it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup - BOY!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Manhattan
• Transfer
• Java
• Jive
• Live
• Hammersmith
• Odeon
• Theatre
• London
• May
• 1978

[Slyanimationz]

um, ink spots version is waaaay better

[12349876mimi]

I sing this in choir!!!!!

personally, i think it sounds better in our version.

[Warmallow]

Super!

[Stephenb1370]

You know this was actually made by "The Ink Spots", right?

[BernieBARR101]

Best song for a vocal ensemble.

[adamshan000]

we played this song in jazz band

[savanahrachele]

I loveee this song! we sang this song in jazz choir

[DinosaurM1911]

I just read that the Discovery crew woke-up to this song in orbit. Zero-g Java Jive.