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Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy [1942]
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The Andrews Sisters
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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 couldn't jam
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The captain seemed to understand
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Because the next day the cap' went out and drafted a 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-toot, a-toot, a-toot-diddelyada-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 the bass and guitar is playin' with 'I'm
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He makes the company jump when he plays reveille
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He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
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He was our boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
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And when he plays boogie woogie bugle he was buzy as a "bzzz" bee
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And when he plays he makes 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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Toot-toot-toot, toot-diddelyada, toot-diddelyada
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Toot, toot, he blows it eight-to-the-bar
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He can't blow a note if the bass and guitar isn't with 'I'm
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A-a-a-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 asleep 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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Because they know how he plays when someone gives him a beat
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He really breaks it up when he plays reveille
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He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
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Da-doo-da da-doo-da-da da
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Da-doo-da da-doo-da-da da
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Da-doo-da da-doo-da-da da
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Da-doo-da da-doo-da-da
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A-a-a-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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