Buddy Bolden tune up
  Blowing horn was his game
  Born with a silver trumpet in his mouth
  He played the horn before he talked
  Born on the after beat
  He patted his foot before walked
  
  When Buddy Bolden tuned up
  you could hear him clean
  Clean across the river clean across the river
  He woke up the working people
  and kept the easy living
  Call on Buddy Bolden call him Buddy Bolden
  
  Watch it he's calling his flock now
  He's calling his flock now here they come
  Call him Buddy Bolden he's calling his flock now
  Here they come here they come
  Come on Buddy Bolden here they come