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A Zoot Suit

Are you in the groove? Can you "dig a zoot suit with a reet pleat and a drape shape and a stuff cuff to look sharp enough to see your Sunday gal?" Want to see more of this once cool but now quaint jive talk? If your answer is yes, the lyrics from a popular 1942 song called A Zoot Suit (For My Sunday Gal) by L. Wolfe Gilbert and Bob O'Brien make a great way to groove.

Paul Whiteman lyrics from A Zoot Suit (For My Sunday Gal)

Guy:

I want a zoot suit with a reet pleat

And a drape shape, and a stuff cuff

To look sharp enough to see my Sunday gal.

 

Gal:

You want a reef sleeve with a right stripe

And a rare square, so the gals will stare

When they see you struttin' with your Sunday pal.

 

Guy: (That's me).

 

Gal:

You wanta look keen so your dream will say

"You don't look like the same beau"

So keen that she'll scream, "Here comes my walkin' rainbow."

 

Guy:

So make a zoot suit with a reet pleat

And a drape shape, and a stuff cuff

To look sharp enough to see my Sunday gal

Now, what you want, baby?

 

Gal:

I want a brown gown with a zop top

And a hip slip, and a laced waist

In the sharpest taste to see my Sunday man

Guy: (In his zoot suit).

 

Gal:

A scat hat and a zag bag

And a slick kiss, so the other chicks

Will be jealous when I'm with my Sunday fan

I wanta look keen so my dream will say

"Ain't I the lucky fellah"

So keen that he'll scream, "Baby's in Technicolor."

 

Guy:

HIM: So make a reet pleat with a drape shape

And a stuff cuff, to look sharp enough

To see my Sunday, Sunday gal

more about a zoot suit

The lyrics on this page are taken from the Paul Whiteman recording by Mel Priddle, recorded September, 2005.

The song was also recorded by these other artists in 1942:

  • Kay Kyser & His Orchestra, vocal by Sully Mason, Trudy, Jack Martin, Max Williams
  • The Andrews Sisters.
  • Paul Whiteman & And His Orchestra.
  • Bob Crosby & His Orchestra, vocal: by Nappy Lamare.
  • Ray Herbeck & His Orchestra, vocal by Hal Munbar & Yvonne Walker.
  • Harry Roy & His Band.

The song was played by Wendi Williams in the 1999 film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge. It was also recorded by: Benny Goodman and the Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra.

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