| He was a famous trumpet man from out Chicago way
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| He had a boogie style that no one else could play
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| He was the top man at his craft
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| But then his number came up and he was gone with the draft
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| He's in the army now blowing reveille
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| He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
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| They made him blow a bugle for his Uncle Sam
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| It really brought him down because he couldn't jam
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| The captain seemed to understand
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| Because the next day the Cap' went out and drafted a band
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| And now the company jumps when he plays reveille
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| He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
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| A root, a toot, a toodlie-a-da-toot, he blows it eight to the bar, in boogie rhythm
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| He can't blow a note unless the bass and guitar is playing with him
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| He makes the company jump when he plays reveille
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| He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
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| He was the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
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| And when he plays boogie woogie bugle he was busy as a bee
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| And when he plays he makes the company jump eight to the bar
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| He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
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| He blows it eight to the bar
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| He can't blow a note if the bass and guitar isn't with him
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| The company jumps when he plays reveille
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| He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
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| He puts the boys to sleep with boogie every night
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| And wakes them up the same way in the early bright
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| They clap their hands and stamp their feet
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| Because they know how he plays when someone gives him a beat
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| He really breaks it up when he plays reveille
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| He's boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
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| And the company jumps when he plays reveille
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| He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B |