Louis Armstrong
Old Man Mose (Second Take) With False Start (Live at the Crescendo Club, 1955)
[Spoken intro]
Look here folks, we have to do our recording of Old Man Mose again. The party would like to hear it so swing it there, daddy
[Trumpet solo: Louis Armstrong]
[Verse 1]
There once there lived an old man, had a very crooked nose
He lived in the log hut and they called him old man Mose, yeah
Early one mornin', peeped through the crack
Yeah, (laughs), start it, start it over again
[Trumpet solo: Louis Armstrong]
[Verse 1]
Once there lived an old man with a very crooked nose
He lived in the log hut and they called him old man Mose, yeah
Early one mornin' knocked on his door
Didn't hear a single sound, I ain't gonna do it no more
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause I believe (old man)
I believe (old man)
I believe (old man)
That old man Mose is dead
Yes sir, I believe (old man)
I believe (old man)
I do believe (old man)
That old man Mose is dead, now
[Chorus]
(We believe) Mose kicked the bucket
(We believe) Mose kicked the bucket
(We believe) Mose kicked the bucket
We believe he's dead, yeah
(We believe) Mose the bucket
(We believe) Mose the bucket
(We believe) Mose the bucket
We found out he's dead
[Verse 2]
Now, I went around to the side and I peeped through the crack
I saw an old man layin' flat on his back
If old man Mose was dead asleep, I did not know, folks
After lookin' through that window, I ain't gonna do it no more
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause I found out (old man)
I found out (old man)
I found out (old man)
That old man Mose is dead
Yes, I found out (old man)
What it's all about (old man)
I found out (old man)
That old man Mose is dead, now
[Chorus]
(We found out) Mose kicked the bucket
(We found out) Mose kicked the bucket
(We found out) Mose kicked the bucket
We found out he's dead, (scat)
(We found out) Mose kicked the bucket
(We found out) Mose kicked the bucket
(We found out) Mose kicked the bucket
We found out he's dead
[Drum solo: Barrett Deems]
(Solid)
Old man Mose (scat) is dead
Thank you folks, ha ha