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Artist: Joe Turley
Canonical path: /joe-turley/when-the-jitterbug-bites
Related lyric paths: 6
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When The Jitterbug Bites
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When The Jitterbug Bites
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What'cha gonna do when he lands on you
And starts to stingin'
Saint Vitis, boogietis - Now you're swingin'
When the honeybees are sleepin' in their hive
That's when that little critter comes alive
Chorus: When the jitterbug bites … and you start to itchin'
and the mood is right and the night's bewitchin'
You feel like dancin' till the morning light
When the jitterbug bites … when the jitterbug bites
Bandstand burnin' to a fever pitch
Can you hear him buzzin'
Saxophone screamin' to a beat so steamin'
And the joint is jumpin'
When you think you just can't take it anymore
Look who's back out tearin' up the floor
Chorus
Now you swingin' … go cat go
Really rockin' … "hi dee ho"
Hep-a-demic breakin' nationwide
Chorus
When the jitterbug bites … when the jitterbug bites
When the jitterbug bites … when the jitterbug bites
When the jitterbug bites
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