Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

He was a famous trumpet man from out Chicago way

He had a boogie style that no one else could play

He was the top man at his craft

But then his number came up and he was gone with the draft

He's in the army now, a-blowin' revelry

He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B

They made him blow a bugle for his Uncle Sam

It really brought him down because he could not jam

The Captain seemed to understand

Because the next week the Cap' went out and drafted a band

And now Company jumps when he plays revelry

He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B

A-root, a-toot, a-toot-diddly-ada-toot

He blows eight to the bar

In boogie rhythm he can't blow a note unless the bass and guitar

Is playin' with him

And the Company jumps when he plays revelry

He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B

He was some boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B

And when he plays boogie-woogie bugle

He was as busy a busy bee

And when he played he made the Company jump a eight to bar

He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B

A-toot-diddleyada, a-toot-diddleyada, toot-toot

He blows eight to the bar

He can't blow a note if the bass and guitar isn't with him

And the Company jumps when he plays revelry

He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B

He puts the boys to sleep with boogie every night

And wakes 'em up the same way in the early bright

They clap their hands and stomp their feet

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'Cause they know how he blows when someone gives him a beat

Whoa-whoa, he breaks it up when he plays revelry

The boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B

A-root, a-toot, a-toot-diddly-ada-toot

Toot-toot the whole day, eight to the bar

Can't blow a note if the bass and guitar isn't, whoa, with him

And the Company jumps when he plays revelry

He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B