Way back when in fifty eight
We had a move that move was great
We could walk and stroll and susie q
We could do that crazy hand jive too

Remember a cat called way out willie
A cool cat called rockin´ billy
Mama said to willie you´ll ruin my home
And you and that hand jive have got to go
´cos he was hand jivin´ he was hand jivin´
He would hand jive day and night hand jive

Willie had a girl called jivin´ jilly
Inhibitions she didn´t have any
Willie would stop jilly kept cryin´
To let him do that hand jive one more time
They were hand jivin´ they were hand jivin´
They would hand jive day and night
Hand jive day and night

Willie and jilly got married one fall
They had a little willie junior and that´s not all
Little willie got famous and it´s plain to see
That he did that hand jive on tv

They were hand jivin´ they were hand jivin´
They would hand jive day and night hand jive
Always hand jivin´ yeah hand jivin´
We would hand jive day and night hand jive

I can remember about fifty four
Rock´n´roll was at my door
Fifty five and elvis was king
Rock´n´roll was everything
Fifty six fifty seven rock´n´roll carried me to heaven
And looking in on fifty eight
They opened up that pearly gate
We could rock we could roll
Everyone could do the stroll
Dancin´ just to stay alive
We all did the crazy hand jive