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-toot-diddelyada-toot    He blows it eight-to-the-bar, in boogie rhythm    He can't blow a note unless the bass and guitar is playin' with 'im    A-ha-ha-handthe 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 plays boogie woogie bugle he was busy as a "bzzzy" bee    And when he plays he makes the company jump eight-to-the-bar    He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B       A Toot-diddelyada, Toot-diddelyada, toot-toot   He blows it eight-to-the-bar    He can't blow a note if the bass and guitar isn't with 'im    A-ha-ha-hand 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 he blows when someone gives him a beat    Whoa whoa he breaks it up when he plays reveille    The boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B       A-Root, a toot, a-toot-diddelyada-doot to-to-toot   He blows, eight to the bar   He can blow a note if the bass and guitar isn't Whoa with him   and the company jumps when he plays reveille    He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B!