The Lip-Louis Prima

[ti:The Lip] [ar:Louis Prima] [al:The Complete Louis Prima (Remastered)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Lip - Louis Prima [00:06.82]Down on the Mississippi River in a knockdo dive [00:10.23]I met a trumpet playin' character and Man alive [00:13.64]When he began to rip he really played it from the hip [00:17.01]And when I asked about his name they told me [00:19.61]That's 'The Lip' [00:20.40]Yip yip yip yip [00:21.15] [00:22.85]No one plays high notes like [00:24.12]The Lip [00:24.63] [00:27.08]He's got a tone that's reminiscent of a boy named Bix [00:30.44]He plays so high that only dogs can hear him just for kicks [00:33.91]And when I asked him does he read [00:35.59]He says I'll tell you hon I read a little bit [00:38.40]But not enough to hurt me none [00:40.59]Yip yip yip yip [00:41.45] [00:43.09]No one plays high notes like [00:44.38]The Lip [00:44.79] [00:47.31]I said The Lip [00:48.20] [00:48.73]She must mean Ray Anthony huh [00:50.65]I said The Lip [00:51.78]No man she means Harry James [00:53.28] [00:54.13]I said The Lip [00:55.05]You mean Louis Prima [00:56.35] [00:57.49]I said The Lip [00:58.60]Noo LIP-er-ace [01:00.91]Yip yip yip yip [01:01.68] [01:03.43]No one plays high notes like [01:04.60]The Lip [01:05.40] [01:07.56]I never heard a trumpet player play a note so high [01:11.04]And I had to coax a lot before The Lip would tell me why [01:14.44]Then he took out a little jar that's labeled 'High-note Grease' [01:18.10]And he rubs a little every night on his mouthpiece [01:21.06]Yip yip yip yip [01:21.96] [01:23.58]No one plays high notes like The Lip [01:25.79] [01:26.75]Listen here gal are you kiddin' about all that 'high-note grease' [01:31.11]No man I swear he had ten in his valise [01:34.33] [01:35.10]Wha' you mean he goes to the drugstore [01:36.56]And gets them from the medecine shelf [01:38.37]No some cat's told me he makes it himself [01:41.22]Yip yip yip yip [01:41.98] [01:43.73]Tell us the secret of The Lip [01:45.57] [01:46.88]Well you take a buketful of steam [01:49.17]And a dozen rooster eggs [01:50.87] [01:51.50]And you mix 'em up gently with a bushel full of goldfish legs [01:55.13]And ya hang 'em on a sky hook in the midnight sun [01:58.62]Mmm and then you fry them until they're done [02:01.52]Yip yip yip yip [02:02.42] [02:03.92]That's the secret of [02:05.60]The Lip