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 
 [bad word] with what I got from mommy and dad 
So hear this jazz baby, little jazz baby, that's me