The Lip (Remastered)-Keely Smith/Louis Prima

[ti:The Lip] [ar:Keely Smith] [al:Capitol Collectors Series] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Lip (Remastered) - Keely Smith (KeelySmith)/Louis Prima [00:06.90]Down on the Mississippi River [00:08.80]In a knockdo' dive [00:10.32]I met a trumpet playin' character [00:12.09]And Man alive [00:13.85]When he began to rip [00:14.95]He really played it from the hip [00:17.24]And when I asked about his name [00:18.75]They told me "That's 'The Lip' " [00:20.43]Yip yip yip yip [00:21.43] [00:23.02]No one plays high notes like The Lip [00:24.74] [00:27.24]He's got a tone [00:28.06]That's reminiscent of a boy named Bix [00:30.63]He plays so high that only dogs can hear him [00:33.24]Just for kicks [00:33.84]And when I asked him does he read [00:35.71]He says "I'll tell you hon [00:37.49]I read a little bit [00:38.70]But not enough to hurt me none " [00:40.27] [00:40.88]Yip yip yip yip [00:41.74] [00:43.31]No one plays high notes like The Lip [00:45.13] [00:47.45]I said The Lip [00:48.48] [00:50.85]I said The Lip [00:51.92] [00:54.24]I said The Lip [00:55.29] [00:57.64]I said The Lip [00:58.62] [01:01.08]Yip yip yip yip [01:01.97] [01:03.76]No one plays high notes like The Lip [01:05.64] [01:07.74]I never heard a trumpet player [01:09.71]Play a note so high [01:11.24]And I had to coax a lot before [01:12.86]The Lip would tell me why [01:14.78]Then he took out a little jar that's labeled [01:16.94]'High-note Grease' [01:18.31]And he rubs a little every night on his mouthpiece [01:21.39]Yip yip yip yip [01:22.26] [01:23.93]No one plays high notes like The Lip [01:26.06] [01:27.08]Listen here gal [01:28.40]Are you kiddin' about all that 'high-note grease' [01:31.43]No man I swear he had ten in his valise [01:34.65] [01:35.49]Wha' you mean he goes to the drugstore [01:36.92]And gets them from the medecine shelf [01:38.72]No some cat's told me he makes it himself [01:40.71] [01:41.59]Yip yip yip yip [01:42.52] [01:44.21]Tell us the secret of The Lip [01:46.03] [01:47.26]Well you take a buketful of steam [01:49.47]And a dozen rooster eggs [01:51.36] [01:52.11]And you mix 'em up gently with a bushel [01:53.72]Full of goldfish legs [01:55.57]And ya hang 'em on a sky hook in the midnight sun [01:58.47] [01:59.12]Mmm and then you fry them until they're done [02:01.85]Yip yip yip yip [02:02.88] [02:04.59]That's the secret of The Lip