Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

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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
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He's 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 a band
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And now the company jumps
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When he plays reveille
      D        G       D
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B

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He blows it eight to the bar
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In boogie rhythm
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He can't blow a note
Unless the bass and guitar
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Is playin' with 'im
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He makes the company jumps
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When he plays reveille
      D        G       D
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B
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He was a boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B
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And when he plays boogie-woogie bugle
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He's was busy as a bzzy bee
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And when he plays he makes the company jump
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Eight to the bar
      D        G       D
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B
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Toot-toot-toot-toot a-diddle-ee-ada-toot-diddle-ee-ada
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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
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Isn't with 'im
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A-and the company jumps
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When he plays reveille
      D        G       D
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 them 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
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When he plays reveille
      D        G       D
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B
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Dadada-adarada-dada, dadada-adarada-dada
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Dadada-adarada-dada, dadada-adarada-dada
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A-and the company jumps
       G
When he plays reveille
      D        G       D
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B