
Date of issue: 17.06.2013
Record label: PDR
Song language: English
Mop Mop |
Mop mop! |
A thousand years ago |
Mop mop! |
A guy named Jungle Joe |
Was a drummer man in a Zulu band |
That made swing history |
Mop mop! |
One day the king said «Gate! |
Why Gate, you old reprobate |
I commission you, find a riff that’s new |
Or your wig belongs to me.» |
Joe’s knees started knockin' |
So scared he was stiff |
'Til he noticed the tribe was rockin' |
As his knees beat out this mellow riff |
Mop mop! |
From the tropic’s heat |
Mop mop! |
Came this jungle beat |
Though old Joe is gone, his jive lives on |
And it still is making history |
Joe’s knees started knockin' |
So scared he was stiff |
'Til he noticed the tribe was rockin' |
As his knees beat out this mellow riff |
Mop mop! |
From the tropic’s heat |
Mop mop! |
Came this jungle beat |
Though old Joe is gone, his jive lives on |
And it still is making history |
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Summertime ft. Ella Fitzgerald | 2023 |
Dream a Little Dream ft. Ella Fitzgerald | 2012 |
La vie en rose | 2006 |
Moon River | 1997 |
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Blue Saxophones: Prisoner Of Love ft. Coleman Hawkins | 2011 |
These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) ft. Louis Armstrong | 2018 |
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Stardust | 2016 |
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Artist lyrics: Louis Armstrong
Artist lyrics: Coleman Hawkins
Artist lyrics: Art Tatum
Artist lyrics: Oscar Pettiford