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Thread #89994 Message #2883057
Posted By: Genie
09-Apr-10 - 03:21 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Java Jive
Subject: RE: Origins: Java Jive
The line "Whoops, Mr. Moto! I'm a coffee pot" probably does allude to the Mr. Moto character of film.
As for the Java Jive song itself - "I love coffee, I love tea. I love the Java Jive and it loves me ..." I thought it may have been inspired by the children's rhyme/song that starts out similarly.
Wikipedia (at the moment) says: "Organ Grinder's Swing is a song composed by Will Hudson, with lyrics by Mitchell Parish and Irving Mills, published in 1936. It became associated with the Jimmie Lunceford orchestra. [1] Hudson based the "Organ Grinder's Swing" on the nursery rhyme "I Love Coffee, I Love Tea". [2]
Java Jive was written later:
JAVA JIVE lyrics
Ben Oakland and Milton Drake, 1940"