G.I. Jive

G. I. Jive (Live 4th March 1940) - Louis Jordan/Jimmie Lunceford

This is the G I Jive

Man alive

It starts with the bugler blowin

Reveille over your bed

When you arrive

Jack that's the G I Jive

Roodley-toot

Jump in your suit

Make a salute

Are reed Boot

After you wash and dress

More or less

You go get your breakfast

In a beautiful little caf

They call The Mess

Jack when you convalesce

Outta your seat

Into the street

Make with the feet

All Reet

If you're a P-V-T your duty

Is to salute to L-I-E-U-T

But if you brush the L-I-E-U-T

The M-P makes you K-P on the Q-T

This is the G I Jive

Man alive

They give you a private tank

That features a little device called

Fluid drive

Jack after you revive

Chuck all your junk

Back in the trunk

Fall on your bunk

Clunk

This is the G I Jive

Man alive

They give you a private tank

That features a little device called

Fluid drive

Jack if you will survive

Chuck all your junk

Back in the trunk

Fall on your bunk

Clunk

If you're a P-V-C

Your will salute the L-T

The M-P makes you K-P on the Q-T

Soon you're countin jeeps

But before you count to five

But when you weak up

In the morning you have to do G I Jive