Jazzbo Jenkins by Ollie Powers Harmony Syncopators Lyrics
[Verse]
Take the clarinet, slide trombone
Violin and a saxophone
They'll all deny it but they call my Jazzbo band
I heard Jazzbo Jenkins the other day
Jazz band playing in a cabaret
Jazzbo knows just what to play
To drive them blues away
[Chorus]
He makes a cripple lay his crutches down
He makes a rabbit hug a hungry hound
That ain't all, the brother's liable
To make the preacher forget his little Bible
When he plays that raggy melody
That you can't refuse
All the birds start prancing in their cage
Old folks forget their age
When Jazzbo Jenkins' jazz band plays them blues
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
He makes a cripple lay his crutches down
He'll make a rabbit hug a hungry hound
That ain't all, the brother's liable
To make the preacher forget his little Bible
When he plays that raggy melody
That you can't refuse
All the birds start prancing in their cage
Old folks forget their age
When Jazzbo Jenkins' jazz band plays them blues
Take the clarinet, slide trombone
Violin and a saxophone
They'll all deny it but they call my Jazzbo band
I heard Jazzbo Jenkins the other day
Jazz band playing in a cabaret
Jazzbo knows just what to play
To drive them blues away
[Chorus]
He makes a cripple lay his crutches down
He makes a rabbit hug a hungry hound
That ain't all, the brother's liable
To make the preacher forget his little Bible
When he plays that raggy melody
That you can't refuse
All the birds start prancing in their cage
Old folks forget their age
When Jazzbo Jenkins' jazz band plays them blues
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
He makes a cripple lay his crutches down
He'll make a rabbit hug a hungry hound
That ain't all, the brother's liable
To make the preacher forget his little Bible
When he plays that raggy melody
That you can't refuse
All the birds start prancing in their cage
Old folks forget their age
When Jazzbo Jenkins' jazz band plays them blues