Jamboree Jones (feat. Jo Stafford)-Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers

[ti:Jamboree Jones (feat. Jo Stafford)] [ar:Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers] [al:The Capitol Vaults Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Jamboree Jones (feat. Jo Stafford) - Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers [00:05.97]I'll begin the story [00:07.20]Out in West Virginia [00:08.58]Is a little college [00:09.58] [00:11.15]All the student body [00:12.35]Only cared for football [00:13.88]Never mind the knowledge [00:15.15] [00:16.58]Never mind the sheepskin [00:17.95]They preferred the pigskin [00:18.83]Seemed to have it in their bones [00:20.52] [00:21.70]They knew all about it [00:22.95]Couldn't do without it [00:24.20]All except a certain Mr Jamboree Jones [00:26.30] [00:27.07]And he played the clarinet with all his might [00:30.24] [00:30.80]He studied night and day he practiced day and night [00:35.49] [00:37.63]No runnin' up the field for Mr Jones [00:40.50] [00:41.49]He'd rather run up the scale and down the scale [00:44.60] [00:46.60]What tones [00:47.22] [00:50.41]Even though his buddies [00:51.61]Always cut their studies [00:52.85]To attend the rallies [00:54.66] [00:55.51]While they all were rootin' [00:56.80]You could hear him tootin' [00:58.08]What's become of Sally [00:59.41] [01:00.71]How they used to hate him [01:01.97]Co-eds wouldn't date him [01:03.23]Thought he was an awful bore [01:04.97] [01:05.74]Oh but he liked his rhythm [01:07.11]More than being with 'em [01:08.36]So he'd only turn in [01:09.42]For to practice some more [01:10.84] [01:11.40]And meanwhile the team marched on to greater fame [01:14.38] [01:15.29]Till they were asked to play that famous Rose Bowl game [01:20.42] [01:21.78]And on that day of days the students beamed [01:24.76] [01:25.54]What did they do when the team marched on the scene [01:28.63] [01:30.86]They screamed [01:31.67] [01:55.59]Startin' from the kick-off [01:56.75]They pulled every trick off [01:58.11]But they couldn't win it [01:59.34] [02:00.93]Instead of goin' forwards [02:02.01]They were goin' backwards [02:03.20]'Bout a mile a minute [02:04.42] [02:06.16]Seein' their position [02:07.12]They called intermission [02:08.34]And they heard the referee say [02:10.41]Hey seventeen to nothin' [02:12.42]Ain't exactly nothin' [02:13.75]And you've only got about a minute to play [02:15.93] [02:16.76]And then from the stand there came a distant wail [02:19.72] [02:20.56]And it was Jamboree a-swingin' "Hold 'em Yale" [02:24.97] [02:27.34]And then the students all began to yell [02:30.35] [02:31.17]The players marched up the field [02:33.29]And down the field pell mell [02:36.73] [02:42.43]Now on a certain West Virginia hill [02:45.58] [02:46.58]There stands that college still [02:48.27] [02:49.06]Just as it always will [02:50.88] [02:52.79]And there's a picture in the hall of fame [02:56.02] [02:56.95]You'll find the boy in the frame who won the game [02:59.91] [03:00.44]Jamboree Jones was the gentleman's name [03:02.92]Jamboree Jones was the gentleman's name