The Old Music Master - Original-Nat King Cole

[ti:The Old Music Master - Original] [ar:Nat King Cole] [al:Trio Classics] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Old Music Master - Original - Nat King Cole [00:20.89]One night long ago by the light of the moon [00:25.89]An old music master sat composing a tune [00:30.49]His spirit was soaring and his heart full of joy [00:35.98]When right out of nowhere stepped a little colored boy [00:40.83]You gotta jump it music master [00:43.73]You gotta play that rhythm faster [00:46.22]You're never gonna get it played [00:48.42]On the Happy Cat Hit Parade [00:49.73] [00:50.38]You better tell your friend Beethoven [00:52.42] [00:53.16]And Mister Reginald De Koven [00:55.48]They better do the same as you [00:57.56]Or they're gonna be corny too [00:59.82]Long about nineteen seventeen [01:01.04] [01:01.93]Jazz'll come upon the scene [01:04.58]Then about nineteen thirty-five [01:05.59] [01:06.68]You'll begin to hear swing [01:08.53]Boogie Woogie and Jive [01:09.83]You gotta show that big broadcaster [01:11.32]That you're a solid music master [01:13.17] [01:13.73]And you'll achieve posterity [01:15.23]That's a bit of advice from me [01:22.82]The old music master simply sat there amazed [01:26.79]As wide-eyed and open-mouthed he gazed and he gazed [01:31.71]How can you be certain little boy tell me how [01:36.14]Because I was born my friend [01:39.01]A hundred years from now [01:41.59]He hit a chord that rocked the spinet [01:43.67]And disappeared into the infinite [01:46.20]And up until the present day [01:48.12]Ev'rything has happened that-a-way [01:49.31] [02:05.46]He hit a chord that rocked the spinet [02:10.75]And disappeared into the infinite [02:13.26]And up until the present day [02:15.25]You can take it from me [02:17.41]He's as right as can be [02:19.49]Ev'rything has happened that-a-way