THE GREATEST THERE IS
Ella Fitzgerald & Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington

Ella Fitzgerald with the Leroy Kirkland Orchestra (1952)


My man he sends me, I don't know how far
My man he sends me, I don't know how far
With oooh yeah, oooh yeah, and a ooh, bop-a-dah

What he's putting down, he never learned in school
What he's putting down, he never learned in school
Drive a good woman crazy, kill a fool

He's little and cute, wears a draped silk suit,
Got great big bulging eyes
He's little and cute, wears a draped silk suit,
Got great big bulging eyes
And he does all the things, that Tarzan only tries

Now he's built like a bomber, as a fighter he's fine
He takes off at loving like a B-29
And he flies... oh, go, go, go, - yes, oh yes, he's a whiz!
'Cause he's the greatest, he's the greatest that there is

Now he was born in the city, raised on a farm
Comes on like Superman, takes off like the atom bomb
And he's fine... wooooooh, oh, oh, he's a whiz!

'Cause I say, he's the greatest,
He's the greatest,
He's a character,
He's the greatest, I say
Wooo, hoo, hoo, hoo, he's the greatest that there is



(Transcribed by Samb Hicks - January 2015)