Boogie, boogie, boogie, the boogie, boogie, boogie beat.Down in Africa, many years ago, 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.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.The boogie, woogie, woogie beat.Well, the animals a-boogied all over the place.The rabbits sped and the bulldogs played.Joe kept a-beatin' till the early morning.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.