作词 : Clayton, Hendricks, Lambert
Lyrics：Jon Hendricks/Dave Lambert Music：Buck Clayton
Brass：N.Y I dig
Reeds：What About it?
Brass：.N.Y is big
Reeds:People tout it
Brass: I filp my wig
Reeds: What about?
Brass: 'Bout a street I dig
Piano(Basie's solo): One day I was walkin' 'n' finally came upon a series of Alphabet streets.
A-B-C and D.But I went for 'C'.The most of the hard-to-forget streets.
It's really and truly the dilly of all M'Pet streets.Tenor Sax: Hey hey hey everybody now
Brass: Come go walkin' with me now
Walk up Avenue C, now
Chicks all lookin' so pretty
They don't give me no pity
Avenue C is the grooviest in the city
Tenor Sax: I never dug an avenue so enjoyable to me
'C' Avenue is groovy.Yes, it was groovy as it could be
Brass: Walk with me down Avenue C
Tenor Sax:Man I really hope to stay
Brass:Come on baby, while we ramble,walk beside me while we ramble
Tenor Sax:You dig it too I feel you do, what a scenic hike,it's a walk that you're bound to like.
Brass :Y' got 'B' on the one side you got A on the one side
Reeds : 'A' - B on the other
Brass: 'D'on the other OR C in the middle
Reeds: 'B'-
Brass: 'C' in the middle
Reeds: 'C' -
Brass and Reeds: baby
Trumpet:The reason that you're feelin so down,babe,is 'cause you live in Stuyvesant Town,
babe,I dug you down in the Hamilton fish,babe,
and realized that you were my dish,babe,
walkin' home and you can walk with me.
Walkin' hand in hand up Avenue C.Oh babe,
and while we're walkin'
we can do some talkin' while the people dig us wonderin'
what we're puttin' down.
While we,happy as can be,glide on,
takin' life in stride up to Murphy Park there beside the river.
Brass:Well our feet got the rhythm
Reeds:Pure pedal syncopation
Brass:'N when we walk with 'em
Reeds:Demandin' admiration
Brass:Well our step is snappy
Reeds:Dig people step aside now
Brass:Because we're so happy
Reeds:We're takin' life in stride now
Brass:Avenue C your vibrations are followin' me.Oh yes
Brass:Yes yes
Reeds:Me and babe steadily cookin' Brass:Yes yes
Reeds:Start at one end talkin' and movin'
Brass:Yes yes
Reeds:To the other wiggin' and groovin'
Brass:So come
Reeds:You should
Brass:And view
Reeds:I would
Brass:This Ave--
Reeds:You could
Brass:Venue
Reeds:It's good
Brass:Walk on
Reeds:'C' Avenue,see it my way
Brass:Talk on
Reeds:No better view on the highway
Ensamble:Big town you don't know 'til you see it
Brass:Walk on
Reeds:I never saw such a wonderful sight
Drumbreak
Ensamble:You're gonna love it
Break
Brass:I'm hip---you'll flip
Reeds:Whe you dig it you'll stop and linger
Brass:You'll pop your top
Reeds:What a pleasure and what a swinger
Ensamble:Go dig it cop that view it's bound to thrill you
Go dig it cop that view it's bound to thrill you
Go dig it cop that view it's bound to thrill you
Go dig it cop that view it's bound to thrill you