"Blow Satchmo" Lyrics from The Real Ambassadors 1962

Yet more of The Real Ambassadors 1962 album lyrics. Though there's plenty of lyrics here (it is LH&R - after all), the song itself is just a short introduction. It fits together with the Brubeck's writing of this thing as a musical.

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"Blow Satchmo" (music by Dave Brubeck lyrics by Iola Brubeck)
sung by Lambert, Hendricks and Ross
*Dave Lambert and Annie Ross sing in parallel
*Jon Hendricks sings beneath their leads - his lyrics in parenthesis

What are you waiting for!?
What are you waiting for!?
Blow Satch-amo
(Can't you hear us? You can hear us. Hear us talking, talking to you)
Blow Satch-amo
(Can't you hear us? You can hear us. Hear us talking, talking to you)
Come on and blow some more

Come on, what are you waiting for!?

What are you waiting for!?

Blow Satch-amo

(Can't you hear us? You can hear us. Hear us talking, talking to you)

Blow Satch-amo

(Can't you hear us? You can hear us. Hear us talking, talking to you)

We all want some more

Blow Satchmo

(Can't you hear us? You can hear us? )

Walls all tumble down

(Hear us talking - Hear us talking to you)

Blow Satchmo

(Can't you hear us? You can hear us? )

You can wear the crown

(Hear us talking - Hear us talking to you)

Blow Satchmo

(Can't you hear us? You can hear us? )

Take us by the hand

(Hear us talking - Hear us talking to you)

Lead us to the promised...

(Can't you hear us? You can hear us? )

To the promised...

(Can't you hear us? You can hear us. Hear us talking, talking to you)

To the promised... Laaaaaaaaaaand!!

(Can't - You - Hear - Us?! Hear Us Talking! You Can Hear Us! Talkin' To Yaaaaaaaaaaa!)

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Here's Dave Lambert and Iola Brubeck at this session: