Released: November 12, 1925

Songwriter: Louis Armstrong

[Louis]
Oh play that thing Mister Saint Cyr. Lord
You know you can do it
Everybody from New Orleans could really do that thing
Hi, hey

Oh whip that thing Miss Lil, whip it kid!
Oh pick that piano yeah

Oh blow it Kid Ory, blow it kid
You know you really can blow that thing boy

Blow that thing Mister Johnny Dodds
Oh do that boy!

[Ory]
Oh do that thing Papa Dip
Ooh ooh that there is good

Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five

A New Orleans jazz band that recorded from 1925-1927, and in 1928 with an almost entirely new cast. The original Hot Five were: Louis Armstrong on the trumpet, Lil Hardin Armstrong on the piano, Johnny St. Cyr on the banjo, Kid Ory on trombone, and Johnny Dodds on the clarient. All of their recordings took place in Okeh’s Recording Studio, Chicago, IL.