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