Jazz Baby - Carol Channing

My daddy was a rag-time trombone player

My mommy was a rag-time cabaret-er

They met one day at a tango tea

There was a syncopated wedding

And then came me Folks think the way I walk is a fad

But it’s a birthday present from my mommy and dad-dy

I’m a jazz baby, little jazz baby, that’s me There’s something in the tone of a saxophone

That makes me do a little wiggle all my own

'Cause I’m a jazz baby

Full of jazz-bo harmony

That «Walk The Dog"and «Ball The Jack"that caused all the talk

Is just a copy of the way I naturally walk

'Cause I’m a jazz baby, little jazz baby that’s me Rock to sleep while the cradle went to and fro

To and fro to the tune of the tickle-toe

Ever since I started into grow

Love to hear the music playing, see my dear old mammy swayin'

Razz-ma-tazz, that’s all I ever knew

All day long I never would get through

Jazz-ma-tazz, that’s all I want to do So play me a little jazz

Jazz baby, full of jazz-bo harmony

The wailin' of the saxes when those fellas go mad

Cannot compare with what I got from mommy and dad

So hear this jazz baby

Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah Little jazz

Baby, that’s me