Well, in the course of investigating certain nooks and crannies of this form, it has come to my attention that only a few songs of this style have any lyrics available online. There are others who, like me, have gone to the trouble to post things; and I'm very grateful and admiring of them for it.
One is this lovely post by Atla Dechamplain, who not only posted Jon Hendrick's lyrics to "Along Came Betty" (based on Benny Golson's "Along Came Benny") - but hand wrote the musical notation as well! [There's also a posting by Kathryn Allyn on the same thing.]
Frankly, it's been a very long time since I worked with notation, and my skills were likely never such that I could've followed suit.
So, my endeavor here is merely to post some of the lyrics I can't find.
Yes, I could join a lyric site and jump through a bunch of hoops (as I've done in the past), but I've found this forum much more informative and personal.
Here is what I take to be the lyrics to the Lambert, Hendricks, Ross and Armstrong tune "Cultural Exchange", from the Dave Brubeck musical "The Real Ambassadors." It's available a few places, but I thought I'd start off easy.
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"Cultural Exchange" (music by Dave Brubeck lyrics by Iola Brubeck)
sung by Lambert, Hendricks, Ross and Armstrong
From reports on Dizzy Gillespie
It was clear to the local press, he
Quelled the riots in far-off Greece
Restored the place to comparative peace
That's what we call, cultural exchange
That's what we call, cultural exchange
That's what we call, cultural exchange
That's What We Call, Cultural Exchange!
When Diz blew, the riots were routed
People danced and they cheered and shouted
The headlines bannered the hour as his
They dropped their stones and they rocked with Diz!
That's what we call, cultural exchange
That's what we call, cultural exchange
That's what we call, cultural exchange
That's What We Call, Cultural - Exchaaaaaange!
Yeeeeeeeah, I remember when Diz was in Greece back in '57.
He did such a good job we started sending Jazz all over the world.
The State Department has discovered Jazz
It reaches folks like nothing ever has
Like when they feel that jazzy rhythm
They know we're really with 'em
That's what we call cultural exchange
No commodity - is quite so strange
As this thing called cultural exchange
Say that our prestige needs a tonic
Export the Philharmonic
That's what we call cultural exchange
That's what we call cultural exchange
We put 'Oklahoma!' in Japan
'South Pacific', we gave to Iran
And when our neighbors call us vermin
We sent out Woody Herman
That's what we call cultural exchange
Gershwin gave the Muscovites a thrill (with Porgy & Bess!)
Bernstein was the darling of Brazil (and isn't he here?!)
Just to stop internal mayhem
We dispatched Martha Graham
That's what we call cultural exchange
(Armstrong trumpet solo)
Yeeeees, and if the world goes wacky
We'll get John to send out Jackie
You mean Jackie Robinson?!
No man, I mean the First Lady!
That's what we call cultural exchange
Whoooooa, that's what we call cultural exchange
Woooooo, yeeeees
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Here's a group picture of them at Monterey (more to be found here):
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