Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Count Basie
Canonical path: /count-basie/elmer-s-tune
Related lyric paths: 6
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Elmer's Tune
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Elmer's Tune
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Why are the stars always winkin' and blinkin' above?
What makes a fellow start thinkin' of fallin' in love?
It's not the season, the reason is plain as the moon
It's just Elmer's Tune
What makes a lady of eighty go out on the loose?
Why does a gander meander in search of a goose?
What puts the kick in a chicken, the magic in June?
It's just Elmer's Tune
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Listen
There's a lot you're liable to be missin'
Sing it
Swing it
Any old way and any old time
The hurdy-gurdies, the birdies, the cop on the beat
The candy maker, the baker, the man on the street
The city charmer, the farmer, the man in the moon
All sing Elmer's Tune
The hurdy-gurdies, the birdies, the cop on the beat
The baker, and the man on the street
The city charmer, the farmer, the man in the moon
All sing Elmer's Tune
They all sing Elmer's Tune
They all sing Elmer's Tune
They all sing Elmer's Tune
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Count Basie performs "Elmer's Tune", and this lyric page sits inside the Count Basie catalog on LyroVerse.
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