SWEET POTATO PIPER
>From the film "Road To Singapore" (1940)
(Johnny Burke / James V. Monaco)
Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour & Bob Hope (Film Soundtrack) - 1940
Bing Crosby with The Foursome - 1940
Glenn Miller & His Orch. (vocals: Marion Hutton and Tex Beneke) - 1940
Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. (vocal: The Pied Pipers) - 1940
Hatchett's Swingette (feat. Stephane Grapelli) - 1941
Music soothes the savage
That's a well known phrase
But your heart becomes
Full of kettle drums
When the sweet potato piper plays
Go on, throw your hat up
Shout a few hoorays
Cause you can't hold back
You're a jumpin' jack
When the sweet potato piper plays
Though it's not a magic flute
There's a fascinatin' toot
It's not exactly beautiful
It's sort of like an I don't know
I guess you'd call it cute!
Sunbeams try new dance steps,
Songbirds sound their A's
And the world joins in
With a great big grin
When the sweet potato piper plays
Oh, play it Piper!
(Instrumental Break)
Yes, make me know it!
(Though it's not a magic flute)
(There's a fascinatin' toot)
(It's not exactly beautiful)
It's sort of like an I don't know
I guess you'd call it cute
(Instrumental Break)
Yes, I'm with the Piper!
(Music soothes the savage)
(That's a well known phrase)
But your heart becomes
Full of kettle drums
When the sweet potato piper plays
Go on, throw your hat up
Shout a few hoorays (Okay!)
(Cause you can't hold back)
(You're a jumpin' jack)
(When the sweet potato piper plays)
Though it's not a magic flute (Oh, no, no, no)
There's a fascinatin' toot (Toot-doo-doo-doo)
It's not exactly beautiful
It's sort of like an' I don't know
I guess you'd call it cute-li-doot
(Sunbeams try new dance steps)
(Songbirds sound their A's)
(And the world joins in)
(With a great big grin)
(When the sweet potato piper plays)
Oh, sweet potato piper hotter than a pickled pepper picker
Pick a piper for me
(Transcribed from the Bing Crosby & The Foursome
recording by Bill Huntley & Mel Priddle - November 2008)
(Contributed by Bill Huntley - November 2008)
