[Dixielandjazz] Re: "In the Mood"--lyrics?

Bill Haesler bhaesler at bigpond.net.au
Thu Jun 23 16:50:43 PDT 2005


Dear Charles and Charlie,
The plot thickens!!!
The words for "In The Mood", posted by me yesterday, match exactly those on
an Andrews Sisters LP I have, which (based on the backing band) is probably
a 1950s reprise of their 1940s hit.
However, I have also found the following, so you (and others) aren't really
going mad.
I have only posted the lyrics below as an interim measure to put you out of
your  misery.
8>).
Now all I have to do is locate dates and other details.
As THAT man said: "I'll be baaack."
Kind regards,
Bill. 

ARTIST: The Andrews Sisters
TITLE: In the Mood

Mr. What-ya-call-em what you doin' tonight
Hope you're in the mood because I'm feeling just right
How's about a corner with a table for two
Where the music's mellow in some gay rendezvous
There's no chance romancin' with a blue attitude
You got to do some dancin' to get in the mood

Sister What-ya-call-em that's a kindly idea
Something swing-a-dilla would be good to my ear
Ev'rybody must agree the dancin' has charm
When you have the certain one you love in your arms
Steppin' out with you will be a sweet interlude
A builder-up with that will put me in the mood

In the mood - that's it I got it
In the mood - your ear will spot it
In the mood - oh, what a hot hit
Be alive and get the jive
You've got to learn how

Hep, hep, hep - hep like a hepper
Pep, pep, pep - hot as a pepper
Step, step, step - step like a stepper
We're muggin' and huggin'
We're in the mood now

Mr. What-ya-call-em all you needed was fun
You can see the wonders that this evenin' has done
Your feet were so heavy 'til they hardly could move
Now they're light as feathers and you're right in the groove
You were only hungry for some musical food
You're positively, absolutely in the mood

Sister What-ya-call-em I'm indebted to you
It all goes to show what good influence can do
Never felt so happy and so fully alive
Seems that jammin' jumpin' is a powerful jive
Swingeroo is giving me a new attitude
My heart is full of rhythm and I'm in the mood

In the mood that's it 'cause I got it and I'm
In the mood your ear will spot it when you're
In the mood bobbity bop a diddly-bop-a-bop-a
Be alive and get the jive
You've got to learn how

Hep, hep, hep, you're hep like a hepper full of
Pep, pep, pep, you're hot as a pepper and you
Step, step, step, step step like a stepper
We're muggin' and now we're huggin'
'Cause we're in the mood






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