Dean Martin - The Old Calliope lyrics

(with Jerry Lewis)

My grandpa was a minstrel man

A minstrel man was he

And to tell the truth I guess I've got some minstrel blood in me

You can have all the harps in heaven

Blow all the horns here on the ground

But I find I still get my greatest thrill

Every time I hear this sound

I love to hear that old calliope

I love the melody of an old calliope

And when you hear the thrilling harmony

Gather round the minstrel's show's in town

It sounds so good

That old calliope

What is more heavenly

Than an old calliope

Here comes the band

Oh what a sight to see

Gather round the minstrel's show's in town

Banjos strumming

Folks are humming

Minstrel's coming

What a show what a show

(Both) It's the finest show I know

It's coming near (JL) Coming near coming near

That old calliope (JL) What a sight to see

Oh what a melody (JL) What a melody

Oh the old calliope (JL) Old calliope

(Both) So loud and clear

That thrilling harmony

Gather round the minstrel's show's in town

There's the interlocutor

And Mr. Bones so full of life

Who's that lady you were with last night

(JL) That was no lady that was my wife

(DM) Ha ha (JL) Ha Ha (DM) Ho ho (JL) Ho ho

(Both) What a show what a show what a show

Says the interlocutor

To Mr. Bones so full of pride

Why does a chicken cross the road

(JL) Why to get to the other side

I love to hear that old calliope

I love the melody of an old calliope

(JL) And when you hear that thrilling harmony

(Both) Gather round the minstrel's show's in town