Muskarat Ramble - Sidney Bechet

Look at them shuffling shuffling down

Rambling and scrambling heading to town

Hustling and bustling buzzing around

Happily waiting at the station

Look at the train the number seven-o-nine

Huffing and puffing arriving on time

Who do you think’s about to arrive

The band they call the Dixieland Five

They’re gonna play that Muskrat Ramble tune

The way you never ever heard it played

Get ready for the big parade

All together now one and two come on and join the happy throng

Feel the beat of that rambling scrambling muskrat song

Come on and ramble along

Look at them shuffling shuffling down

Well look at the band parading all over town

Look at the happiness going around

Everybody’s up and celebrating

Look at the drummer entertaining the gang

Clinging and clanging with a bing and a bang

Changing the town from dead to alive

The band they call the Dixieland Five

You’re gonna hear them play that Dixieland

You better get your reservation plan

In person on a one night stand

All together now come on folks come on a join that happy throng

Feel the beat of that shuffling scuffling muskrat song

Come on and ramble along