Danny Kaye & Dinah Shore - Up In Arms (Tess's Torch Song - Jive)

Danny Kaye and Dinah Shore singing a duet from the movie Up In Arms (1945)

Song: "Jive Number"
(based on Tess' Torch Song)
Written by Sylvia Fine and Max Liebman

Dinah: YOU HAD A GAL...
Danny: I SWEAR ME MOMMA, OH WHAT A GAL WAS MARY.
Dinah: SHE WAS YOUR BEST GAL...
Danny: OH BEAT ME DADDY, WHAT A PAL WAS MARY.
Dinah: THAT IS, YOU SEE, WHAT I MEAN IS
YOU THOUGHT SHE WAS YOUR BEST GAL.
Danny: SHOOT THE BARE FACTS TO ME, FAIRFAX.
I HAD A FRIEND...
Dinah: OH, JOE, JOE, JOE THE ROCK OF GI- GIBRALTAR.
Danny: HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND...
Dinah: OH, SO-SO-SO SO SWEET AS CHOCOLATE MALTER.
Danny: I TOLD MY FRIEND `BOUT MY GAL
`CAUSE I THOUGHT HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND!
Dinah: SHOOT THE BROMO TO ME, RAMON.
LIFE WAS SWEET...
Danny: I WAS A HA-AA-APPY MAN!
Dinah: WORLD COMPLETE...
Danny: THEN CAME THE BUST-UP, THEY BUSTED MY TRUST UP.
THE FIREWORKS BEGAN.
Dinah: YOU LOST YOUR GAL...
Danny: OH, LEARNED JACKSON, BLOW THOSE BLUES FOR ME.
Dinah: YOU LOST YOUR FRIEND...
Danny: OH, MURDER, MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE!
Dinah: I GOT A FEELIN' THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN.
Both: THIS WON'T BE THE END -- NO, NO
I'LL FIND A NEW FRIEND -- YES, YES
I'LL FIND A NEW GAL -- HO, HO
THIS WON'T BE THE END OF ME.

Both: WELL ZOOT, WELL BOOT, WELL WELL ALL- ROOT
WITH A HEP-A-HEP-A-HEP-A AND A STEP-STEP- STEP
Dinah: GREETINGS, GATE, HOWYA BEEN?
Danny: OH FEELIN' GREAT, GIMME SOME SKIN!
Dinah: LOOKIN' SHARP!
Danny: OH, SHARP AS A HARP!
Dinah: FEELIN' KEEN?
Danny: HEY, KEEN AS A BEAN.
Dinah: NO TEARS FOR MARY?
Danny: AS DRY AS A PRAIRIE.
Dinah: NO WOE FOR JOE?
Danny: OH NO, NO, NO.
Dinah: NO BEATIN' THE GRAY?
Danny: OH NAY, NAY, NAY.
Dinah: NO BUSTED TICKER?
Danny: OH, TICKER TICKIN' SLICKER.
Dinah: WELL, TOAST ME, MELBA
IS THIS A FACT?
Danny: BEAT ME DADDY --[hand slap]-- AND I'LL HIT YOU BACK!

Both: WELL ZOOT, WELL BOOT, WELL-WELL ALL- ROOT
WITH A HEP-A-HEP-A-HEP-A AND A STEP-STEP- STEP
Danny: HEY, GOOD LOOKIN'!
Dinah: WHAT'SA IS-A COOKIN'?
Danny: FEELIN' GROOVY?
Dinah: GROOVY AS A MOVIE!
Danny: SOFT AND MELLOW?
Dinah: MELLOW AS-A JELLO.
Danny: WANNA BE MY CHICKEN?
Dinah: NOW YOU'S A-CLICKIN'!
Danny: NO YAK-YAK?
Dinah: SOLID, JACK!
Danny: WELL, RATION ME SOME PASSION,
PITCH ME SOME WOO
Dinah: ON THE BUTTON, GLUTTON --(kiss)-- SMACKEROO!
Danny: WELL, GRILL ME, LAMB CHOP
WELL, ALL RIGHT!
Dinah: CROWD ME, MAMA, `CAUSE IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT!

Both: WELL ZOOT, WELL BOOT, WELL-WELL ALL- ROOT
WITH A HEP-A-HEP-A-HEP-A AND A STEP-STEP- STEP
(They do a verse of echo-scat, Danny leading.)

Both: WELL ZOOT, WELL BOOT, WELL-WELL ALL- ROOT
WITH A HEP-HEP-HEP-HEP-HEP!

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Danny
• Kaye
• Dinah
• Shore
• Up
• in
• Arms
• Tess's
• Torch
• Song
• Jive
• Lyrics

[unclealand]

This is like watching an old movie on LSD, except the movie supplies the acid this time.