Lyrics
simply sat there amazed
You better tell your friend beethoven, the old music master
Jazz ll come upon the scene, a little colored boy
He gazed and he gazed, or they re gonna be corny too
A hundred years from now, long about 1917, you re never gonna get it played
Because i was born, he s as right as can be
He s as right as can be, long about 1917
His spirit was soaring and his heart full of joy, or they re gonna be corny too
you ll begin to hear swing
you better tell your friend beethoven
long about 1917
And you ll achieve posterity, a little colored boy, and you ll achieve posterity
A little colored boy, they better do the same as you
You gotta jump it, the old music master
Simply sat there amazed, he hit a chord that rocked the spinet
You gotta play that rhythm faster, and up until the present day Old, that you re a solid music master
You ll begin to hear swing, then about 1935, long about 1917
A little colored boy, and mister reginald de koven
And up until the present day, and mister reginald de koven
how can you be certain little boy
and you ll achieve posterity
how can you be certain little boy
when right out of nowhere stepped
Jazz ll come upon the scene, long about 1917, that you re a solid music master
Boogie woogie and jive, you gotta show that big broadcaster Hoagy, or they re gonna be corny too
You ll begin to hear swing, you gotta show that big broadcaster
Jazz ll come upon the scene, and mister reginald de koven, jazz ll come upon the scene
then about 1935
He gazed and he gazed, when right out of nowhere stepped
you ll begin to hear swing
Or they re gonna be corny too, and up until the present day, and you ll achieve posterity
Simply sat there amazed, he s as right as can be
they better do the same as you
because i was born
he hit a chord that rocked the spinet
Long about 1917, you re never gonna get it played, that you re a solid music master
You gotta jump it, because i was born, they better do the same as you
You ll begin to hear swing, music master
Because i was born, one night long ago by the light of the moon, and up until the present day
he s as right as can be
Jazz ll come upon the scene, his spirit was soaring and his heart full of joy
