My daddy was a ragtime trombone player
My mommy was a ragtime cabareter
They met one day at a tango tea
There was a syncopated wedding and then came me

Folks think the way I walk is a fad
But it's a birthday present from my mommy and daddy

I'm a jazz baby, little jazz baby, that's me
There's something in the tone of a saxophone
That makes me do a little wiggle all my own

'Cause I'm a jazz baby, full of jazz-bo harmony
That 'Walk The Dog' and 'Ball The Jack' that caused all the talk
Is just a copy of the way I naturally walk
'Cause I'm a jazz baby, little jazz baby, that's me

Rock to sleep while the cradle went to and fro
To and fro to the tune of the tickle-toe
Ever since I started into grow
Love to hear the music playing and see my dear old mammy swayin'

Razz-ma-tazz, that's all I ever knew
All day long I never would get through
Jazz-ma-tazz, that's all I want to do
So play me a little jazz

Jazz baby, full of jazz-bo harmony
The wailin' of the saxes when those fellas go mad
Cannot compare with what I got from mommy and dad
So hear this jazz baby, little jazz baby, that's me