He was a famous trumpet man from old Chicago way He had a boogie style that no one else could play He was the top man at his craft, But then his number came up and he Was gone with the draft He is in the army now, a blowin' Reveille He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B A-toot, a-toot, a-toot-diddelyada (And now three lovely ladyes that are sending GI's hearts all over the world) Ai, ai, ai, ai, ai Have you ever danced in the tropics? Well that girl's a fool with the gaucho? Of the South American way, hey! Ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, Could you have ever kissed in the moonlight? If you never kissed who knows what you've missed In the South American way!