YOU’VE GOT TO BLOW YOUR OWN TRUMPET

(Fred Ritz, Harry Carlton)


As recorded by:
Joe Loss & His Band
V. Chick Henderson
Recorded 7th November 1936

Also recorded by:
The Six Swingers, V. Sam Costa
Billy Cotton & His Band



You’ve got to blow your own trumpet
So the whole darn world can hear you
And they’ll all stand up and cheer you
When you blo-o-o-o-ow

You’ve got to blow your own trumpet
No one else will do it for you
You will have them all encore you
When you blo-o-o-o-ow

If you be the big attraction
Give ‘em rhythm, give ‘em action
Go for the high notes
If you want to be on top of the tree

You’ve got to blow your own trumpet
Make yourself a front page story
That’s the way to get the glory
When you blo-o-o-o-ow.




(Transcribed from John Wright’s 78 RPM 
Record Collection by Bill Huntley - September 2013)