sweet potato piper

Glenn Miller Orchestra

"Music soothes the savage",
Thatââ?¬â?¢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 canââ?¬Ë?t hold back
Youââ?¬â?¢re a jumping jack
When the sweet potato piper plays...

Though itââ?¬â?¢s not a magic flute
Thereââ?¬â?¢s a fascinating toot
Itââ?¬â?¢s not exactly beautiful,
Itââ?¬â?¢s sort of like anââ?¬Ë? I donââ?¬â?¢t know
I guess youââ?¬â?¢d call it cute!

Sunbeams try new dance steps,
Songbirds sound their aââ?¬â?¢s,
And the world joins in
With a great big grin
When the sweet potato piper plays!

(whistlewhistlewhistle)

(Dialogue between Marion Hutton and Tex Beneke)

Marion Hutton:
Hello there, Texas, whatcha say?
How come youââ?¬â?¢re whistling,
Why donââ?¬â?¢t you play?

Tex Beneke:
Iââ?¬â?¢ve been messing with this Sweet Potato all day long
I canââ?¬â?¢t make it play,
What goes, whatââ?¬â?¢s wrong?

MH:
Youââ?¬â?¢re crazy, Texas,
Youââ?¬â?¢re outta your mind
You canââ?¬â?¢t blow that
Thatââ?¬â?¢s the eatinââ?¬Ë? kind!

TB:
But them baby rug-cutters down Texas way
They been blowinââ?¬Ë? on Sweet Potatoes
And really make Ã?´em play!

MH:
Why donââ?¬Ë?t you stick to your saxophone, man?
You oughta know you canââ?¬â?¢t jam on a yam...!