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He was a famous trumpet man from out Chicago way |
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He had a boogie style that no one else could play |
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He was the top man at his craft |
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But then his number came up and he was gone with the draft |
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He's in the army now, a blowin' reveille |
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He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of company B |
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They made him blow a bugle for his Uncle Sam |
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It really brought him down because he could not jam |
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The captain seemed to understand |
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Because the next day the cap' went out and drafted the band |
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And now the company jumps when he plays reveille |
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He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of company B |
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A root, a toot, a toodlie-a-da-toot |
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He blows it eight to the bar in boogie rhythm |
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He can't blow a note unless a bass and guitar is playin' with him |
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And the company jumps when he plays reveille |
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He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of company B |
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He was some boogie woogie bugle boy of company B |
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And when he played his boogie woogie bugle he was busy as a busy bee |
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And when he played he made the company jump eight to the bar |
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He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of company B |
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Andata toodliata-toodliata toot toot, he blows it eight to the bar |
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Can't blow a note if a bass and guitar isn't with him |
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And the company jumps when he plays reveille |
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He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of company B |
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He puts the boys to sleep with boogie every night |
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And wakes 'em up the same way in the early bright |
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They clap their hands and stamp their feet |
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'Cause they know how it goes when someone gives him a beat |
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Woah, woah, he wakes 'em up when he plays reveille |
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The boogie woogie bugle boy of company B |
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A root, a toot, a toodli-a-da to toot toot toot, he's blowin' eight to the bar |
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Can't blow a note if a bass and guitar isn't, woah, with him |
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And the company jumps when he plays reveille |
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He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of company B |
