Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Jamboree Jones, artist - Johnny Mercer. Album song The Capitol Vaults Collection, in the genre Традиционный джазDate of issue: 21.07.2011
Record label: Capitol
Song language: English
Jamboree Jones |
| I’ll begin the story |
| Out in West Virginia |
| Is a little college |
| (Rah, Rah, Rah) |
| All the student body |
| Only cared for football |
| Never mind the knowledge |
| (Rah, Rah, Rah) |
| Never mind the sheepskin |
| They preferred the pigskin |
| Seemed to have it in their bones |
| Yeah, they knew all about it |
| Couldn’t do without it |
| All except a certain Mr. Jamboree Jones |
| And he played the clarinet with all his might |
| He studied night and day, he practiced day and night |
| No runnin' up the field for Mr. Jones |
| He’d rather run up the scale and down the scale |
| What tones |
| Even though his buddies |
| Always cut their studies |
| To attend the rallies |
| (Rah, Rah, Rah) |
| While they all were rootin' |
| You could hear him tootin' |
| «What's become of Sally» |
| (Rah, Rah, Rah) |
| How they used to hate him |
| Co-eds wouldn’t date him |
| Thought he was an awful bore |
| Oh, but he liked his rhythm |
| More than being with 'em |
| So he’d only turn in |
| For to practice some more |
| And meanwhile the team marched on to greater fame |
| Till they were asked to play that famous Rose Bowl game |
| And on that day of days the students beamed |
| What did they do when the team marched on the scene |
| I want to tell you ladies and you gentlemen, they screamed |
| Rah, Rah, Rah, Rah |
| Biff-boom-bah, bah-bah-dee-addle-oh |
| Yea-ho, watch 'em go |
| Startin' from the kick-off |
| They pulled every trick off |
| But they couldn’t win it |
| (No, no, no) |
| Instead of goin' forwards |
| They were goin' backwards |
| 'Bout a mile a minute |
| (Yeah, yeah, yeah) |
| Seein' their position |
| They called intermission |
| And they heard the referee say |
| Hey, seventeen to nothin' |
| Ain’t exactly nothin' |
| And you’ve only got about a minute to play |
| And then from the stand there came a distant wail |
| And it was Jamboree a-swingin' «Hold 'em Yale» |
| (Bula, bula, bula) |
| And then the students all began to yell |
| The players marched up the field |
| And down the field, pell mell |
| Now on a certain West Virginia hill |
| There stands that college still |
| Just as it always will |
| And there’s a picture in the hall of fame |
| You’ll find the boy in the frame who won the game |
| Jamboree Jones was the gentleman’s name |