Text: Manhattan Transfer. Swing. Java Jive.

Music by Ben Oakland, Lyric by Milton Drake

I love coffee, I love tea,
I love the Java Jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me,
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup!
I love java sweet and hot,
Whoops, Mister Moto, I'm a coffee pot
Shoot me the pot, and I'll pour me a shot,
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup!

Tim's solo:
Slip me a slug from the wonderful mug
and I'll cut a rug till I'm snug in the jug
A slice of onion and a raw one,
Draw one!
Waiter, waiter, percolator!

I love coffee, I love tea,
I love the Java Jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me,
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup!

Boston beans (soy beans) Those reetie-vootie beans!
(cabbage n' greens)
You know that I'm not keen about a bean, unless it is a
chili chili bean, boy
I love coffee, I love tea,
I love the Java Jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me,
A cup - a cup - a cup...

Cheryl's solo:
Blow me a slug from that wonderful mug
And I'll cut a rug that's snug in a jug
Drop a nickel in my pot - Joe
Takin' it slow
Waiter, waiter percolator

I love coffee, I love tea,
I love the Java Jive an' it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup - BOY!