BANG GOES THE DRUM (AND YOU'RE IN LOVE)
David Heneker

as rec by Blossom Dearie (vocal & piano) w Ray Brown  
Herb Ellis & Jo Jones  September 1957


Walkin' down the street,
And suddenly you meet
A pair of brown eyes dancin' along.
Out go the lights,
Out go the flags,
On come the dancers,
Bang goes the drum and you're in love,
And the show has begun!

Then you're hand in hand,
And louder than the band,
Your happy heart starts singin' a song!
And up go the lights,
Out go the flags,
On come the dancers,
Bang goes the drum and you're in love,
And the show has begun!

The world's a stage,
The moon's a spotlight in the skies;
Your heart's applaudin'
And the curtain starts to rise.

Suddenly you kiss,
And nothing quite like this
Has ever happened to you before,
As up go the lights,
Out go the flags,
On come the dancers,
Bang goes the drum and you're in love,
And the show has begun!

The world's a stage,
The moon's a spotlight in the skies;
Your heart's applaudin'
And the curtain starts to rise.

Suddenly you kiss,
And nothing quite like this
Has ever happened to you before,
As up go the lights,
Out go the flags,
On come the dancers,
Bang goes the drum and you're in love,
And the show has begun!

The world's a stage,
The moon's a spotlight in the skies;
Your heart's applaudin'
And the curtain starts to rise.

Suddenly you kiss,
And nothing quite like this
Has ever happened to you before,
As up go the lights,
Out go the flags,
On come the dancers,
Bang goes the drum and you're in love,
And the show, and the show, and the show, has begun!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - May 2011)