GI Jive - Louis Jordan video free download


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Uploaded: 2010/12/15

In 1944 Louis Jordan made it to number one on both the Harlem Hit Parade and the pop chart.

P-F-C to the C-P-L to the S-G-T to the L-T

C-P the O-D the M-P makes ya do K-P

It's the G. I. Jive

Man alive

It starts with the bugler blowin' reveille over your bed when you arrive

Hey Jack, that's the G. I. Jive

Roodley-toot

Jump in your suit

Make a salute

Arivoot!!

After you wash and dress

More or less

You go get your breakfast from a beautiful little cafe they call "The Mess"

Hey Jack, when you convalesce

Out of your seat

Into the street

Make which ya feet

Alreet!!

If you're a P-V-T, your duty

Is to salute to L-I-E-U-T

But if you brush the L-I-E-U-T

The M-P makes you K-P on the Q-T

It's just the G. I. Jive

Man alive

They give you a private tank that features a little device called "fluid drive"

Hey Jack, after you revive

Chunk all your junk

Back in your trunk

Fall on your bunk

Clunk!!

It's just the G. I. Jive

Man alive

They give you a private tank that features a little device called "fluid drive"

Hey Jack, after you revive

Chunk all your junk

Back in your trunk

Fall on your bunk

Clunk!!

If you're a P-F-C and you fail to salute the L-T

The M-P makes you K-P on the Q-T

Then you'll go to sleep before you count to five

But when you wake up in the morning you'll have to do the GI Jive

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Comments

9 years ago

Roman Castillo

Check out this video on YouTube: love it!

9 years ago

bill soileau

I have a loud speaker on my Sherman, during start up, I play all the WWll music, it kinda set's the mood when I'm mowing down trees and playing in the mud

9 years ago

Thex Dar

*GI Jive* by *Louis Jordan*More WWII music....Kewl song...*_________________*#WWIIMusic 

10 years ago

Jaisson Bertolini

From the 40s the G.I. Jive!

10 years ago

jamie tisoto

Timeless. If you have ever done KP, clunk.

10 years ago

Perodicticus potto

The B-side to this is just slightly more famous nowadays, but it's still a great song.

10 years ago

Alikah1

Yeah. If it hadn't been for the estimated 75 million or so casualties, it REALLY would have been a blast!

10 years ago

tobygrey22

You old Soldiers know all these abbreviations. GOD bless you.

10 years ago

Donya Lane

The photo selection was great! I'm really digging this song... very clever lyric...

11 years ago

Doug Davis

Being in the military back then must have been great! Minus all the fucked shit that was going on at the time and everything inbetween.

11 years ago

MrKalashnikov96

good for you, im 16 and like hamburger, much like your comment nobody cares

11 years ago

viceking31

thank you for video games exposing this music to kids!

11 years ago

Andres Cobo

I'm 13 and i ONLY listen to 40's music

11 years ago

Ed Dunn

Go Big Band music! I'm 16 and I love this stuff!!!

12 years ago

65derby

Great to see the African American GIs!

12 years ago

Brendan Williamson

This song's in mafia II

12 years ago

Harts1413Productions

@empirecarpetsux Sorry im afraid i dont :/

12 years ago

mary avakian

Do you have any G I Jive or Mail Call or Command Performance shows with "The Smart Set" vocal group? They were really great. I have one "short" film sith them performing along with Connie Haines...

12 years ago

Harts1413Productions

@ccmax45 No problem. Glad you enjoyed it!

12 years ago

ccmax45

Thanks for this great track and video.

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