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Intro

 Before I was born, late one night,

 My papa said everything's alright

 The doctor made mama lay down,

 With her stomach bouncing all around

 Cause a beebop stork was about to arrive

Mama gave birth to the hand jive

 I could barely walk when I milked a cow

 When I was three I pushed a plow

 While chopping wood I'd move my legs

 And I started dancing while I gathered eggs

 The townfolk clapped, I was only five

 "He'll out dance 'em all, he's a born hand jive"

Born to hand jive, baby,

Born to hand jive, baby

Now can you hand jive, baby,

oh can you hand jive, baby

 Oh yeah,

 oh yeah,

 oh yeah, yeah.

Born to hand jive, oh yeah!