Benny Goodman Jersey Bounce Lyrics

Jersey Bounce Lyrics

Jersey Bounce
Ella Fitzgerald
Words by Robert B. Wright
Music by Bobby
Plater, Tiny Bradshaw, and Edward Johnson

- As sung by Ella Fitzgerald,
who did NOT chart it
- Most popular version, by Benny Goodman, hit # 1 in
1942, was an instrumental
- Also charted that same year by Jimmy Dorsey (#9)
and Shep Fields (#15)



(scat intro)
They call it that Jersey
bounce
A rhythm that really counts
The temperature always
mounts
Wherever they play, the funny rhythm they play

It started on
Journal Square
And somebody heard it there
He put it right on the
air
And now you hear it everywhere

Uptown, gave it new
licks
Downtown, added some tricks
No town, makes it sound, the same
As
where it came from

So if you don’t feel so hot
Go out to some Jersey
spot
And whether you’re hep or not
The Jersey bounce’ll make you
swing

(scat)
How I love that Jersey bounce
(scat)
Oh come on
and play that Jersey bounce
(scat)

They call it that Jersey
bounce
A rhythm that really counts
The temperature always
mounts
Whenever they play that Jersey Bounce

It started on Journal
Square
And somebody heard it there
He put it right on the air
That
tune called the Jersey Bounce

Uptown, gave it new licks
Downtown,
added some tricks
No town, make it sound the same
As where it came
from

So if you don’t feel so hot
Go out to some Jersey spot
And
whether you’re hep or not
The Jersey bounce’ll make you
swing

Ounce by ounce
The Jersey Bounce
Puts you right in the
swing
That Jersey Bounce
It’ll make you swing

Give me that
Jersey Bounce.