Boogie, boogie woogie 
The boogie-woogie-woogie beat 
Down in Africa, many years ago 
There lived a little fella named Zulu Joe 
He took his tom-tom, 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 boogie-woogie-woogie 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 boogie-woogie-woogie beat 

Well, the animals a-boogied all over the place 
The rabbit spit in the bulldog's face 
Joe kept a-beatin' till the early morn' 
And that's when the boogie-woogie was born 
Birth of the boogie, birth of the boogie 
Birth of the boogie, birth of the boogie 
Birth of the boogie, the boogie-woogie-woogie beat