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Artist/Band: 
Supremes 
Lyrics for Song: Cornet Man 
Lyrics for Album: Diana Ross & The Supremes Sing And Perform Funny Girl [1968]
  
               
  13013>(Jule Styne/Bob Merrill)
 
 
  Wah-wah-wah?
 
 
  Is that all you can say?
 
 
  The lady ain't been born
 
 
  Can take the place of a horn
 
 
  With the cornet man
 
 
  A goin' where there's blowin'
 
 
  Trav'lin' cornet man.
 
 
  Just anytime they call him
 
 
  He leaves his wife and kiddies
 
 
  Sittin' with their tongues out
 
 
  To play for peanuts in some dive
 
 
  And blow his lungs out.
 
 
  He'll hop a choo-choo
 
 
  On a moment's notice
 
 
  To play some dates
 
 
  With Billy Bates or Ragtime Otis.
 
 
  The lady ain't see the light
 
 
  Can give a home a fair fight
 
 
  With a cornet man
 
 
  A rootin', shootin'
 
 
  Ever-tootin' Dapper Dan
 
 
  Who carries in his satchel
 
 
  A powder-blue Norfolk suit
 
 
  A silver plated wah-wah mute.
 
 
  There is drinkin' and gamblin', each one a curse
 
 
  But I'm up against a devil that's worse
 
 
  Yeah, a horn's my thorn
 
 
  He's a trav'lin' cornet man.
 
 
  (He's gotta go out on the road
 
 
  He's got some dates with Billy Bates
 
 
  He gave his notice to Ragtime Otis
 
 
  He's gotta go, back on the road.)
 
 
  The lady ain't see the light
 
 
  Can give a horn a fair fight
 
 
  With that cornet man
 
 
  A rootin', shootin'
 
 
  Ever-tootin' Dapper Dan
 
 
  Who carries in his satchel
 
 
  A powder-blue Norfolk suit
 
 
  Silver plated wah-wah mute.
 
 
  There is drinkin', gamblin', each one a curse
 
 
  But I'm up against a devil that's worse
 
 
  Yeah, a horn's my thorn
 
 
  He's a trav'lin' cornet man.
 
 
  Say it again!
 
 
  A powder-blue Norfolk suit
 
 
  Silver plated wah-wah mute
 
 
  Shy on height, he's short on weight
 
 
  But he's the only guy
 
 
  Can make my coffee percolate
 
 
  Dapper Dan, my cornet player man.
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| Album Lyrics: Diana Ross & The Supremes Sing And Perform Funny Girl [1968] | 
 
   Supremes 
"Diana Ross & The Supremes Sing And Perform Funny Girl [1968]"
 
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