Muskrat Ramble - Kid Ory, Jimmie Noone

What’s the reason for this celebration?

Man, ya look at all those people there

Hanging round this station

Say, what’s the big event?

An essential train is coming

On track number one

Well, it’s got to be the Pittzburg Pirates

No, it’s more important, son

Is it the President?

No no no no

Brigitte Bardot?

No no no no

Then tell me who’s about to arrive?

Ee-hee!

There he is now, Satch-a-mo and The Dixieland Five

Oh, look at them shuffling, shuffling down

A-rambling, scrambling over the town

Hustling, bustling, buzzing around

Never saw a bigger celebration

Oh, look at the train, a number seven-o-nine

Just a hugging and a-puffing

And arriving on time

Changing the town from dead to alive

Satchmo and His Five

We’re gonna play that Muskrat Ramble tune

And Mr Bing, the moment that it’s played

You lead us on the big parade

Altogether now, one and two

Join the happy throng

Everyone start mushing, swinging the Muskrat song

We’ll be singing along

Oh, Mr Bing, when you sing, that’s the thing we do enjoy

Well, Mr A, when you play, Gabriel say, Who that for?

Everybody’s walking, talking

That Muskrat song

While we amble that Muskrat Ramble

While we amble along

Oh, that’s the best parade I ever been on, Satch!

Natch!

You are in New Orleans!

While we amble along