Ella Fitzgerald
 Words by Robert B. Wright
 Music by Bobby Plater, Tiny Bradshaw, and Edward Johnson

 - As sung by Ella Fitzgerald, who did NOT chart it
 - Most popular version, by Benny Goodman, hit # 1 in 1942, was an instrumental
 - Also charted that same year by Jimmy Dorsey (#9) and Shep Fields (#15)



 (scat intro)
 They call it that Jersey bounce
 A rhythm that really counts
 The temperature always mounts
 Wherever they play, the funny rhythm they play

 It started on Journal Square
 And somebody heard it there
 He put it right on the air
 And now you hear it everywhere

 Uptown, gave it new licks
 Downtown, added some tricks
 No town, makes it sound, the same
 As where it came from

 So if you don't feel so hot
 Go out to some Jersey spot
 And whether you're hep or not
 The Jersey bounce'll make you swing

 (scat)
 How I love that Jersey bounce
 (scat)
 Oh come on and play that Jersey bounce
 (scat)

 They call it that Jersey bounce
 A rhythm that really counts
 The temperature always mounts
 Whenever they play that Jersey Bounce

 It started on Journal Square
 And somebody heard it there
 He put it right on the air
 That tune called the Jersey Bounce

 Uptown, gave it new licks
 Downtown, added some tricks
 No town, make it sound the same
 As where it came from

 So if you don't feel so hot
 Go out to some Jersey spot
 And whether you're hep or not
 The Jersey bounce'll make you swing

 Ounce by ounce
 The Jersey Bounce
 Puts you right in the swing
 That Jersey Bounce
 It'll make you swing

 Give me that Jersey Bounce