The Blue Bells of Broadway (Are Ringing Tonight)

Lyrics

The bagpipes of Scotland are hushed in the glen For Sandy MacTavish will nay come home again He's far from the bluebells that once bloomed so bright But the blue bells of Broadway are ringing tonight He sits on the bandstand with knees that are bare The cats crowd around him, and hoot mon, how they stare For Sandy in kilts is a braw bonny sight And the blue bells of Broadway are ringing tonight He plays a boogie-woogie bagpipe, so cool it's bound to hurt Each nervous fan yells, "Dig that man in the crazy red skirt!" The banks of Loch Lomond are lonely today For Sandy MacTavish, three thousand miles away He's far from thе heather that once bloomed so bright But the blue bells of Broadway are ringing tonight Oh where, tell me where has my blue laddie gone? Oh where, tell me where has my blue laddie gone? He's gone to join a jazz band on Fifty-Second Street And it's there, you can hear him introduce that bagpipe beat He wears a real gone tam o' shanter and tassels on his socks And when he blows, the rhythm grows 'til the joint really rocks He squeezes the goatskin, and out comes the jive For Sandy's the hit of the Dipsy-Doodle Five Since he's blowin' with 'em, the rhythm is right And the blue bells of Broadway are ringin' The blue bells are ringin' with the bagpipe beat On Broadway, on Broadway, tonight!