Jumpin' with Symphony Sid - Van Morrison

Jumpin' with my boy, Sid, in the city

Jumpin' with my boy, Sid, in the city

Mr. President of the DJ committee

We’re gonna be up all night gettin' with it

Want you to spin the sounds that are with it

From down in the land that’s real, real pretty

Make everything go real crazy over Jersey

Make everything go real crazy over Jersey

(Woo!)

Make everything cool for me and my baby

We don’t wanna think we’re listenin' lazy

Gotta be Pressburg cheerin' all the Basie

The dial is all set right though for eight-zerp

Let it roll

If you tune in to your radio

You hear Moreno clear

Spinnin' your favourite tracks

Johnny Griffin’s tenor sax

And all around Manhattan, all the cat’s are jumpin'

With Symphony Sid

So tighten your wig

Come out in the boon, dig!

He’s Symphony Sid

He’s got the power to make you swing

He’s the King

Ding, dong, ding

Ain’t a-callin' him

Down or in a square

Really doesn’t matter where, Jack!

Long as you’re there

'Cause we said he’s on the air

You hear the sweetest sounds

That you ever heard

And I mean to say

It’s the grooviest way to get down

Every single name

Classic Jazz they taught him

Spinnin' till the mornin' light

And it feels alright

When you listen to the 'Bird'

You will flip!

Charlie Parker’s spread the word

All the way up from Kansas City

Gr-ooo-vy as he could be

What a pleasure

Tuning in to Sidney

Let it roll

Let it roll

Junior Wells:

Jumpin' with my boy, Sid, in the city

Jumpin' with my boy, Sid, in the city

Mr. President of the DJ committee

We’re gonna be up all night gettin' with it

We want you to spin the sounds that are with it

From down in the land that’s real, real pretty

Make everything go real crazy over Jersey (wee!)

Make everything go real crazy over Jersey (wee!)

Gotta be cool for me n' my baby (woo!)

We don’t wanna think we’re listenin' lazy

It’s gotta be Pressburg cheerin' all the Basie

That’s all for now tune in tomorrow night!

Bye!

(applause)

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