Supremes - Cornet Man lyrics
rate me(Jule Styne/Bob Merrill) <br />
<br />
Wah-wah-wah?<br />
Is that all you can say?<br />
<br />
The lady ain't been born<br />
Can take the place of a horn<br />
With the cornet man<br />
A goin’ where there’s blowin’<br />
Trav’lin’ cornet man.<br />
<br />
Just anytime they call him<br />
He leaves his wife and kiddies <br />
Sittin’ with their tongues out<br />
To play for peanuts in some dive<br />
And blow his lungs out.<br />
<br />
He'll hop a choo-choo<br />
On a moment’s notice<br />
To play some dates<br />
With Billy Bates or Ragtime Otis.<br />
<br />
The lady ain't see the light<br />
Can give a home a fair fight<br />
With a cornet man<br />
A rootin’, shootin’<br />
Ever-tootin’ Dapper Dan<br />
Who carries in his satchel<br />
A powder-blue Norfolk suit<br />
A silver plated wah-wah mute.<br />
<br />
There is drinkin’ and gamblin’, each one a curse<br />
But I'm up against a devil that's worse<br />
Yeah, a horn’s my thorn<br />
He's a trav’lin’ cornet man.<br />
<br />
(He's gotta go out on the road<br />
He's got some dates with Billy Bates<br />
He gave his notice to Ragtime Otis<br />
He's gotta go, back on the road.)<br />
<br />
The lady ain't see the light<br />
Can give a horn a fair fight<br />
With that cornet man<br />
A rootin’, shootin’<br />
Ever-tootin’ Dapper Dan<br />
Who carries in his satchel<br />
A powder-blue Norfolk suit<br />
Silver plated wah-wah mute.<br />
<br />
There is drinkin’, gamblin’, each one a curse<br />
But I'm up against a devil that's worse<br />
Yeah, a horn’s my thorn<br />
He's a trav’lin’ cornet man.<br />
Say it again!<br />
<br />
A powder-blue Norfolk suit<br />
Silver plated wah-wah mute<br />
Shy on height, he's short on weight<br />
But he's the only guy<br />
Can make my coffee percolate<br />
Dapper Dan, my cornet player man.
