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Five O'clock Drag
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Duke Ellington
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You're "hep" to what's buzzin', cousin;
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You're up on what's cookin' too
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Don'tcha start relaxin', Jackson;
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Show what you can do.
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The Five O'clock Drag is drivin'!
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Just look at those cats arrivin'
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around about five for jivin';
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Say, it's a real "hep" treat.
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The rhythm it blares is tricky,
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a rhythm that scares an "ickie";
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it's givin' the square a mickie,
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a touch of Basin Street
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First, you start to zag,
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and then you zig it,
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And then you dig it
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Hip! Hip! Hip!
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Then you start to shag, and,
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as you jig it,
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you take a hop a jump,
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or a skip.
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Five O'clock Drag is jumpin'
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The drummer man's beat is thumpin';
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Five O'clock Drag is sumpin'
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That really does "all reet."
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The Five O'clock Drag is drivin'!
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Just look at those cats arrivin'
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around about five for jivin';
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Say, it's a real "hep" treat.
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The rhythm it blares is tricky,
30
a rhythm that scares an "ickie";
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it's givin' the square a mickie,
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a touch of Basin Street
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First, you start to zag,
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and then you zig it,
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And then you dig it
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Hip! Hip! Hip!
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Then you start to shag, and,
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as you jig it,
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you take a hop a jump,
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or a skip.
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Five O'clock Drag is jumpin'
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The drummer man's beat is thumpin';
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Five O'clock Drag is sumpin'
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That really does "all reet."
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Duke Ellington Five O'clock Drag
Five O'clock Drag (Remastered)
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