The Belle of New York movie - I Love To Beat The Big Bass Drum lyrics
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Chorus 1:<br>
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I love to beat the big bass drum,<br>
A-rum-te-tum-te-tum-de-dum.<br>
I'd be as happy as they come,<br>
If I could beat the big bass drum.<br>
They tell me there are some who feel<br>
A feeling for the glockenspiel;<br>
I reckon that's all-right for some,<br>
I love to beat the big bass drum.<br>
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Verse:<br>
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If it's in the music store<br>
Or a drum and bugle corps;<br>
Marching forward as to war,<br>
I repeat, it's the sweetest sound!<br>
Would I rather play the fife?<br>
Wouldn't try to save my life?<br>
Would I rather beat my wife?<br>
No, not I!<br>
I supply music by the pound.<br>
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Chorus 2:<br>
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If I could only make the grade,<br>
I wouldn't care how much it weighed;<br>
I wouldn't care if I got paid,<br>
Or if I had to promenade<br>
Around the town in some parade,<br>
It might be ninety in the shade.<br>
A-rum-te-tum-te-tum-de-dum,<br>
I love to beat the big bass drum.<br>
Some can spot a sonata<br>
Or plot a cantata,<br>
But I gotta beat the drum!<br>
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Interlude 1:<br>
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Picture me on key,<br>
In big-time company,<br>
Gee!<br>
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Trio:<br>
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Not the fella with the big baton,<br>
Even though he really carries on;<br>
Not the squeaky little piccolo<br>
Nor the trombones as they blow ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho.<br>
Holy mack'rel, see the cymbals fly,<br>
Pretty soon I should be passin' by;<br>
What, they had me hidden?<br>
That was me, no kiddin'!<br>
Holdin' up the big bass drum...<br>
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Interlude 2:<br>
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There's a part<br>
When they start<br>
Playin' a martial air;<br>
When the brass<br>
Shows real class,<br>
Blowin' a bright fanfare.<br>
For a moment all is quiet,<br>
Then the rhythm starts a riot;<br>
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Chorus 3:<br>
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Almost like a New Years' night<br>
Or when a fella picks a fight;<br>
Or like a homer in the stands,<br>
It makes you wanna clap your hands.<br>
It makes you wanna tap your feet<br>
And that's the reason I repeat:<br>
A-rum-te-tum-te-tum-de-dum,<br>
I love to beat the big bass drum!<br>
Some musicians are cuter<br>
At tootin' a tooter,<br>
But I love a big bass drum!<br>
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