Introduction chords by Roy Eldridge
Verse 1
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On today, January 18th, 1957,
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and our program comes to you
from our glass bowl on 49th
Street.
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And now here's a man that plays a mean,
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muted pair of shell glasses,
Dave Garroway.
Say, where's your horn this morning?
How come you didn't bring it down?
I can't
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get in with that groove.
No courage.
They asked me what I wanted
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for my birthday
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on this celebration week and that was it.
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an all -star jazz band
of considerable eminence,
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and we have the top men
from the field of jazz.
Here at the piano
is that paragon of lady piano players,
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Miss Marion McFarland. And play
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ing odd instruments,
you don't mind the...
It sure is, I feel a little out of place,
Dave.
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There's Art Van Dam from Chicago.
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You flew in,
didn't you, just for this?
I did. You're a good boy.
Then there's Joe Jones,
playing drums again this morning.
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That's him.
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Just a shadow of his former self,
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Chubby Jackson.
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One of the great all -time men on tenor,
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Bud Freeman.
Thank you.
The winner of everybody's clarinet poll,
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Buddy DeFranco.
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And the original little jazz himself,
Roy Eldredge.
Verse 2
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I understand.
And then playing expert trombone these days,
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the finest I know of is J .J. Johnson.
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I repeat, that's very sound.
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Verse 3
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Men, are you all ready?
I'll play our first number, South
Wind.
I think I'll go, I'll beat off.
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Roy Eldridge
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