The Old Music Master-Hoagy Carmichael

[ti:The Old Music Master] [ar:Hoagy Carmichael] [al:Sings Stardust And His Other Great Compositions] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Old Music Master - Hoagy Carmichael (霍奇·卡迈克尔) [00:09.19]One night long ago by the light of the moon [00:13.46]An old music master sat composing a tune [00:17.99]His spirit was soaring and his heart full of joy [00:22.27]When right out of nowhere stepped [00:24.75]A little colored boy [00:26.18] [00:27.00]You gotta jump it, music master [00:28.82]You gotta play that rhythm faster [00:31.14]You're never gonna get it played [00:33.08]On the Happy Cat Hit Parade [00:35.13]You better tell your friend Beethoven [00:37.38]And Mister Reginald De Koven [00:39.63]They better do the same as you [00:41.44]Or they're gonna be corny too [00:43.07] [00:43.71]Long about 1917 [00:45.45] [00:46.00]Jazz'll come upon the scene [00:48.17]Then about 1935 [00:50.08]You'll begin to hear swing [00:51.33]Boogie woogie and jive [00:52.26]You gotta show that big broadcaster [00:54.36]That you're a solid music master [00:56.50]And you'll achieve posterity [00:58.04]That's a bit of advice from me [01:00.56]The old music master [01:02.32]Simply sat there amazed [01:04.87]As wide-eyed and open-mouthed [01:06.90]He gazed and he gazed [01:09.10]How can you be certain little boy [01:12.08]Tell me how? [01:13.37]Because I was born, my friend [01:15.62]A hundred years from now [01:17.57]He hit a chord that rocked the spinet [01:19.76]And disappeared into the infinite [01:21.89]And up until the present day [01:23.81]You can take it from me [01:24.92]He's as right as can be [01:26.09]Ev'rything has happened that-a-way