ELMER'S TUNE
(Elmer Albrecht / Dick Jurgens / Sammy Gallop)

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra (vocal: Ray Eberle & The Modernaires)

Also recorded by : The Andrews Sisters; Count Basie; Tex Beneke;
The Charioteers; Bob Crosby; Benny Goodman; Al Hirt; Dick Jurgens;
King Brothers; Kay Kyser; Peggy Lee; Frankie Masters & His Orch.;
Garrett Miller; Mark Murphy; Harry Roy; The Spitfire Band;
The Studebakers; Bob Wills.


Why are the stars always winkin' and blinkin' above?
What makes a fellow start thinkin' of fallin' in love?
It's not the season, the reason is plain as the moon
It's just Elmer's Tune

What makes a lady of eighty go out on the loose?
Why does a gander meander in search of a goose?
What puts the kick in a chicken, the magic in June?
It's just Elmer's Tune

Listen
Listen
There's a lot you're liable to be missin'
Sing it
Swing it
Any old way and any old time

The hurdy-gurdies, the birdies, the cop on the beat
The candy maker, the baker, the man on the street
The city charmer, the farmer, the man in the moon
All sing Elmer's Tune

(Orchestral Interlude)

The hurdy-gurdies, the birdies, the cop on the beat
The baker, and the man on the street
The city charmer, the farmer, the man in the moon
All sing Elmer's Tune
They all sing Elmer’s Tune
They all sing Elmer’s Tune
They all sing Elmer’s Tune


(Contributed by Bill Huntley - December 2004)