MacPHERSON IS REHEARSIN' (TO SWING)
(Marion Sunshine)

Chick Webb & His Orch. (vocal: Ella Fitzgerald) - 1938
Charlie & His Orch. - 1942



Oh MacPherson is rehearsin'
And the bagpipes are a-burstin'
While MacPherson is rehearsin' to swing
And from Edinburgh to  Dundee
Ev'ry lad and ev'ry lassie
Knows MacPherson is rehearsin' to swing

Och, I did not care said Sandy
If the elders now approve
Aye, the Chick Webb Band's a dandy
And I'm in a mellow groove
Now the bonnie, bonnie lassies
With the kilties on their chassis
Have forgotten all about the Highland fling
Young and old folks get together
And there's truckin' in the heather
When MacPherson is rehearsin' to swing

(Musical Break)

Och, I did not care, said Sandy
If the elders now approve
I've a chick with clams a-dandy
And I'm in a mellow groove
Now the bonnie, bonnie lassies
With the kilties on their chassis
Have forgotten all about the Highland Fling
Young and old ones get together
And there's truckin' in the heather
When MacPherson is rehearsin' to swing



(Transcribed from the Ella Fitzgerald recording
by Bill Huntley & Mel Priddle - May 2006)