Interpret:

Ella Fitzgerald

Album:

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook

Johnny could only sing one note


And the note he sings was this


Ah!


Poor johnny one-note


Sang out with ''gusto''


And just overlorded the place


Poor johnny one-note


Yelled willy nilly


Until he was bleu in the face


For holding one note was his ace


Couldnt hear the brass


Couldnt hear the drum


He was in a class


By himself, by gum!


Poor johnny one-note


Got in aida


Indeed a great chance to be brave


He took his one note


Howled like the north wind


Brought forth wind that made critics rave,


While verdi turned round in his grave!


Couldnt hear the flute


Or the big trombone


Evry one was mute


Johnny stood alone.


Cats and dogs stopped yapping


Lions in the zoo


All were jealous of johnnys big trill


Thunder claps stopped clapping,


Traffic ceased its roar,


And they tell us niagra stood still.


He stopped the train whistles,


Boat whistles,


Steam whistles,


Cop whistles,


All whistles bowed to his skill


Sing johnny one-note,


Sing out with ''gusto'' and


Just overwhelm all the crowd


Ah!


So sing johnny one-note, out loud!!


Sing johnny one-note


Sing johnny one-note out loud!