WHAT DID HE SAY (THE MUMBLE SONG)
(Charles Grean / Cyrus Coben)

The Charioteers - 1948



(Mumbling)
What did he say?
(Mumbling)
What did he say?

There's a guy in our quartet
Talks like no one I've heard yet
He mumbles, mumbles all the time
He's got no reason and he's got no rhyme

(Mumbling)
What did he say?
(Mumbling)
What did he say?
(Mumbling)
What did he say?
He said, "Bring something round, we'll have a ball today"

(Mumbling)
What did he say?
(Mumbling)
What did he say?
(Mumbling)
What did he say?
He said, "You can't win, no matter what number you play"

Mumble, mumble, hear him go
Jumble, jumble, what a schmo
When he talks he almost gargles
Seems like his mouth is full of marbles

(Mumbling)
What did he say?
(Mumbling)
What did he say?
(Mumbling)
What did he say?
He said, "Sing a little louder and we'll get more pay"

(Instrumental Break)

Now Mumbles was born at a very early age
Then he started talking like a parrot in a cage
Spoke his first words at the age of one
(Mumbling)

Now Mumbles ran for Senator, the election was last week
And just before election, they called on him to speak
Now, everybody listened when he spoke those famous words
(Mumbling)

Mumbles had a girlfriend, but he ain't got her no more
Her father went and took him and shoved him through the door
'Cause when he asked Mumbles what his intentions were
(Mumbling)

What did he say?
What did he say?
What did he say?
He said ... (Mumbling)
He said, "Here come the cops, get outta my way"
(Mumbling)


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2018)