{"id":20987,"date":"2024-06-19T23:59:11","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T23:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=20987"},"modified":"2025-11-21T06:02:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:02:17","slug":"boogie-woogie-bugle-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/boogie-woogie-bugle-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"
[Verse 1]\r\nHe was a [C] famous trumpet man from out Chicago way\r\n<\/span>He [C] had a boogie style that no one else could play\r\n<\/span>He was the [F] top man at his craft\r\n<\/span>But then his [C] number came up and he was gone with the draft\r\n<\/span>He's in the [G] army now, a-blowin' [F] reveille\r\n<\/span>He's the [C] boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Verse 2]\r\nThey [C] made him blow a bugle for his Uncle Sam\r\n<\/span>It [C] really brought him down because he couldn't jam\r\n<\/span>The captain [F] seemed to understand\r\n<\/span>Because the [C] next day the cap' went out and drafted a band\r\n<\/span>And now the [G] company jumps when he plays [F] reveille\r\n<\/span>He's the [C] boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Interlude 1]\r\nA-[C]-toot, A-toot, A-toot-diddelyada-toot\r\n<\/span>He blows it [C] eight-to-the-bar, in boogie rhythm\r\n<\/span>He [F] can't blow a note unless the bass and guitar \r\nis playin' [C] with him\r\n<\/span>He makes the [G] company jump when he plays [F] reveille\r\n<\/span>He's the [C] boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B [C] [C] [C] \r\n<\/span> \r\nN.C.   He was the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B<\/strong>\r\n \r\n[Interlude 2]\r\n[F] And when he plays boogie woogie bugle \r\nhe was [C] busy as a 'bzzz' bee\r\n<\/span>And when he [G] plays he makes the company jump \r\n[F] eight-to-the-bar\r\n<\/span>He's the [C] boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Verse 3]\r\nToot-toot-[C]-toot, toot-diddelyada, toot-diddelyada\r\n<\/span>[C] Toot, toot, he blows it eight-to-the-bar\r\n<\/span>He [F] can't blow a note if the bass and guitar isn't [C] with 'im\r\n<\/span>A-a-a-[G]-and the company jumps when he plays [F] reveille\r\n<\/span>He's the [C] boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Verse 4]\r\nHe [C] puts the boys asleep with boogie every night\r\n<\/span>And [C] wakes 'em up the same way in the early bright\r\n<\/span>They clap their [F] hands and stamp their feet\r\n<\/span>Because they [C] know how he plays when someone gives him a beat\r\n<\/span>He really [G] breaks it up when he plays [F] reveille\r\n<\/span>He's the [C] boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B\r\n<\/span> \r\n[C] Da-dah-da-dah-da\r\n<\/span>[C] Da-dah-da-dah-da\r\n<\/span>[F] Da-dah-da-dah-da\r\n<\/span>[C] Da-dah-da-da\r\n<\/span>A-a-a-[G]-and the company jumps when he plays [F] reveille\r\n<\/span>He's the [C] boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B\r\n<\/span> \r\n[F] <\/span>[G] <\/span>[C]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[Verse 1] He was a [C] famous trumpet man from out Chicago way He [C] had a boogie style that no one else could play He was the [F] top man at his craft But then his [C] number came up and he was gone with the draft He’s in … CLICK TO VIEW SONGBoogie Woogie Bugle Boy<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,126,116,117,115,94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-live-tenor","category-patriotic-songs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}