Can't blow a note if a bass and guitar isn't, woh, with him
A root, a toot, a toodli-a-da to toot toot toot, he's blowin' eight to the bar
A root, a toot, a toodlie-a-da-toot, he blows it eight to the bar
They clap their hands and stamp their feet
'Cause they know how it goes when someone gives him a beat
It really brought him down because he could not jam
And when he played he made the company jump eight to the bar
And the company jumps when he plays reveille
And guitar is playin' with him and the company jumps when he plays reveille
Andata toodliata-toodliata toot toot, he blows it eight to the bar
Woh, woh, he wakes 'em up when he plays reveille
He puts the boys to sleep with boogie every night
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' reveille
They made him blow a bugle for his Uncle Sam
He can't blow a note if a bass and guitar isn't with him
He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of company B
The captain seemed to understand
And now the company jumps when he plays reveille
He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of company B
He was some boogie woogie bugle boy of company B
He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of company B
The boogie woogie bugle boy of company B
When he played his boogie woogie bugle, he was busy as a busy bee
In boogie rhythm, he can't blow a note unless a bass
He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of company B
Because the next day the cap' went out and drafted the band
And the company jumps when he plays reveille
He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of company B
And wakes 'em up the same way in the early bright
