| I heard you call for an all star band
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| It’s something new for the music stand
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| It’s on the way, but before we start
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| A cuttin' capers around your heart
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| You’re gonna cheer when you hear this band
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| There’s never been a better crew
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| And when you hear the drummer
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| Lawdy, how the joint’ll hum
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| A cuttin' capers just for you
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| You’ll never pick about or pick a quarr’l
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| With Mister Krupa or with Frankie Carle
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| You’ll never dig a list of bigger names
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| A cuttin' capers with Harry James
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| With Benny Goodman and his clarinet
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| And Tommy Dorsey’s in it, too
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| Alvino Rey will star
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| A walkin' talkin' steel guitar
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| A cuttin' capers just for you
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| Listen to that tenor saxophone
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| Never heard it played with such a tone
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| And when you get that lic’rish stick
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| Out in the woodshed, son
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| Why it’s Papa Benny Goodman
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| And he’s showin' ya quick
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| How the proper lic’rish stickin’s done
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| (Too root, dah roo, ta, doo doo)
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| Listen to that fiddle player slap, slap, slap
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| Boy, he plays it, he really lays it, in your lap, lap, lap
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| Say, I’ll bet before they’re through
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| You’ll be cuttin' capers, too
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| (Doo doo, doo doo, roo doo)
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| (Do rah do)
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| Cuttin' capers 'cause I’m out with you
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| Nothin' else that I’m about to do
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| My heart begins to flutter like a dove
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| I even stutter
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| (Guess, it’s love)
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| I’m cuttin' capers so you’ll notice me
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| When we’re together, can’t you see
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| I’m only blowin' off
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| A talkin' big, a showin' off
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| A cuttin capers 'cause it’s true
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| Dee dah, dee dah, ooh, ooh, ooh
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| Baby, I’m in love
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| (Baby, I’m in love)
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| Baby, I’m in love with
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| (Baby, I’m in love with)
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| Baby, I’m in love with you |