Java Jive

Words & Music by:

Ben Oakland and Milton Drake

 

D      Fdim  D6  A7  Em7  A7

I love cof--fee, I-- love tea,

Gdim  Edim     Em7   A7    D        D6

I---- love the Java Jive & it loves me

D          D7          G        Gm7

Coffee and tea and the java and me,

  D      A7     G      A7     D    Fdim   A7

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!

 

D9    G7

Oh--! Slip me a slug from the wonderful mug

    G7                      D

And I'll cut a rug 'til I'm snug in a jug.

  D        Bm7         Fdim   A7    Em7   A7

A slice of onion and a raw--- one.  Draw one!

Bm7     A7      Cdim  A7

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 bean, soy bean, green bean, cabbage n' greens,

You know that I'm not keen about a bean, unless it is a chili chili bean, boy!

 

I love java sweet and hot; whoops, Mister Moto, I'm a coffee pot!

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!




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