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Oh Mr. Crosby, (Yeah) Oh Mr. Crosby (Ask me son)All the orchestras are swinging it todayAnd I wanted to find out what the noise is all aboutDo you really think that swing is here to stayNow I'm glad you asked meNow Mr. Mercer (Yeah) oh Mr. Mercer (I'm listening)Swing is really much too ancient to condemn(You don't say)In the jungles they would play in that same abandoned wayOn the level Mr. CrosbyNo, on the down beat Mr. M.Oh Mr. Crosby, (uh huh) now Mr. Crosby(So happy to oblige)I've been reading in the latest magazine (Yes)That a jiving jitterbug blows his top and cuts a rugWill you tell me what that language really meansOh Mr. Mercer (Yeah,Yeah) Oh-ho-ho Mr. Mercer(Tell me, tell me tell me)As a student of the slang they use pro tem (Pro what?)That just means a solid gait cuts a murderisitc plateThat's amazing Mr. CrosbyLetras de cancionesThat's elementary Mr. M.Oh Mr. Crosby, dear Doctor CrosbyIs it true that swing's another name for jazzAnd the first place it was playedWas a New Orleans paradeAnd the southern Negro gave it all it hadOh! Mr. Mercer, Mr. Mercer, Mr. Mercer, Mr. Mercer.I believe that it's foundation came from them(Are you positive?)Yes they just slowed the tempo down,And then they really went to townAllegretto Mr. Crosby?Alligators Mr. MOh! Mr. Mercer, (Yeah) Mr. Mercer (uh huh)Well I trust that I have made the matter clear(It's really too clear)So if someone plays a thingYou're gonna understand the swingAnd appreciate the rhythm that you hearOh Mr. Crosby (Oh hear me talking to you)No Mr. Crosby,I'm afraid that type of rhythm's not for meI prefer my music played A La Schubert SerenadeSorta retardo Mr. MercerSorta Lombardo Mr. C. From Letras Mania