Boogie, boogie woogie! The boogiewoogiewoogie beat Down in Africa, Many years ago There lived a little fella Named Zulu Joe He took his tomtom, A great big stick And that was the birth Of the boogie lick Birth of the boogie, Birth of the boogie Birth of the boogie, Birth of the boogie Birth of the boogie, The boogiewoogiewoogie beat. Then Joe got hip And he started to sing The animals flipped And began to swing Monkey, elephant, kangaroo They all picked up on the boogie too Birth of the boogie, Birth of the boogie Birth of the boogie, Birth of the boogie Birth of the boogie, The boogiewoogiewoogie beat. Well, the animals aboogied All over the place The rabbit spit In the bulldog´s face Joe kept abeatin´ Till the early morn´ And that´s when The boogiewoogie was born Birth of the boogie, Birth of the boogie Birth of the boogie, Birth of the boogie Birth of the boogie, The boogiewoogiewoogie beat.