Now They Call It Swing Lyrics - Billie Holiday

W. Hirsch / Vaughn DeLeath / N. Cloutier / L. Handman 

Once they called it ragtime 

And it had its fling 

It's the same old syncopation 

Now they call it swing 

Then they played it jazz time 

To a buck-and-wing 

Once again it sweeped the nation 

Now they call it swing 

When singers used to sing 

They would go hot cha 

But with this modern thing 

Now they go dru-du du, dra-da-da 

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Rhythm has its seasons 

Summer, fall and spring 

But for seven silly reasons 

Someone pulled the string 

And they started dancing 

Now they call it swing 

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