Lyric Sing Moten s Swing

That s swing! Yes, sir!
(Swingin from the time of birth)
Hip thing - gasser!
(Swingin fit t shake the earth)
My man! Benny!
(Swing a man for all he s worth)
that s Moten s thing

Verse 1
Swing, that s the thing
Y gotta dig it
Bust loose n give it a try
Go! Go! Go!
Swing it! Swing it! Swing it!

Verse 2
Put some pepper in the pot
n that ll make it sweet an hot
Cause you re swingin , swingin , swingin

Guitar Solo
Repeat Verse 1
Violin Solo/Background Vocals:
Take it Jackson!
Make some action, oh, yeah
Stir it up, stir it up, stir it up, stir it up Benny
Hey!
Moten s motion
Makes you feel some, oh, yeah
Stir it up, stir it up, stir it up
Let the chick steal some - GO!!!

Steel Guitar Solo
Repeat Background Vocals

Let the chick steal some - GO!!!

Janis Solo:
Aw - shake that pretty little bundle
Til you re poppin your top
"Cause I m jus gittin in the groove
Baby, please don t stop
Ooh - turn me loose, lemme go, gimme room,
lemme flow like water downstream
I m livin my dream. swingin like a rusty gate - oops!
That s it, it s the Moten s swing

Violin solo/Janis Solo:
If you ever git it, don t cha run wit it,
Benny done did it way back
Yes, sir, Mr. Moten
It s his thing
That s swingin - He s a swingin it

Nobody can define it
It s a thing you can t describe in words
It s swingin , it s swingin
Swing, they call it
Benny Moten does it

Mos people groove behin it
Crowdin every ballroom floor in herds
Jes swingin , an swingin s
What they call it
Benny Moten was it

Satchmo from Oliver defined it - Singin
Basie with Moten, he refined it - swingin

Now everyone s hip
Everyone s hip to the tip
People say it drives you crazy
Everyone digs that thing
Everyone likes a fling
Everyone likes to swing