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' reveille
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 day the cap'
went out and drafted a band
And now the company jumps
when he plays reveille
He's the boogie woogie
bugle boy of Company B
A root a toot
A toodlie-a-da-toot
He blows it eight to the bar
in boogie rhythm
He can't blow a note
unless a bass and guitar
is playin' with him
And 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
And when he played
his boogie woogie bugle
He was busy as a busy bee
And when he played he made
the company jump eight to
the bar he's the boogie woogie
bugle boy of Company B
Now toodliata toodliata
Toot toot
He blows it eight to the bar
He can't blow a note
if a bass and guitar
isn't with him
And the company jumps
when he plays reveille
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 stamp their feet
'Cause they know how it goes
when someone gives him
a beat
Wo wo he wakes 'em up
when he plays reveille
The boogie woogie
bugle boy of Company B
A root a toot
A toodli-a-da
Toot toot
He's blowin' eight to the bar
He can't blow a note
if a bass and guitar
isn't wo with him
And the company jumps
when he plays reveille
He's the boogie woogie
bugle boy of Company B