Carol Channing - Jazz Baby lyrics

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My daddy was a rag-time trombone player<br />

My mommy was a rag-time cabaret-er<br />

They met one day at a tango tea<br />

There was a syncopated wedding<br />

And then came me<br />

Folks think the way I walk is a fad<br />

But it's a birthday present from my mommy and dad-dy<br />

I'm a jazz baby, little jazz baby, that's me<br />

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There's something in the tone of a saxophone<br />

That makes me do a little wiggle all my own<br />

'Cause I'm a jazz baby<br />

Full of jazz-bo harmony<br />

That "Walk The Dog" and "Ball The Jack" that caused all the talk<br />

Is just a copy of the way I naturally walk<br />

'Cause I'm a jazz baby, little jazz baby that's me<br />

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Rock to sleep while the cradle went to and fro<br />

To and fro to the tune of the tickle-toe<br />

Ever since I started into grow<br />

Love to hear the music playing, see my dear old mammy swayin'<br />

Razz-ma-tazz, that's all I ever knew<br />

All day long I never would get through<br />

Jazz-ma-tazz, that's all I want to do<br />

So play me a little jazz<br />

Jazz baby, full of jazz-bo harmony<br />

The wailin' of the saxes when those fellas go mad<br />

Cannot compare with what I got from mommy and dad<br />

So hear this jazz baby<br />

Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah<br />

Little jazz<br />

Baby, that's me