Five O'clock Drag - Ben Webster, The Duke Ellington Orchestra

You’re «hep» to what’s buzzin', cousin;

You’re up on what’s cookin' too

Don’tcha start relaxin', Jackson;

Show what you can do

The Five O’clock Drag is drivin'!

Just look at those cats arrivin'

Around about five for jivin';

Say, it’s a real «hep» treat

The rhythm it blares is tricky

A rhythm that scares an «ickie»;

It’s givin' the square a mickie

A touch of Basin Street

First, you start to zag

And then you zig it

And then you dig it

Hip!

Hip!

Hip!

Then you start to shag, and

As you jig it

You take a hop a jump

Or a skip

Five O’clock Drag is jumpin'

The drummer man’s beat is thumpin';

Five O’clock Drag is sumpin'

That really does «all reet.»

The Five O’clock Drag is drivin'!

Just look at those cats arrivin'

Around about five for jivin';

Say, it’s a real «hep» treat

The rhythm it blares is tricky

A rhythm that scares an «ickie»;

It’s givin' the square a mickie

A touch of Basin Street

First, you start to zag

And then you zig it

And then you dig it

Hip!

Hip!

Hip!

Then you start to shag, and

As you jig it

You take a hop a jump

Or a skip

Five O’clock Drag is jumpin'

The drummer man’s beat is thumpin';

Five O’clock Drag is sumpin'

That really does «all reet.»