Cornet Man Lyrics - Barbra Streisand

Well-- 

I just put the kids to sleep 

And swept the shack, 

Took my sweet man's satchel down 

And watched him pack, 

I said, "Darlin', while the stove still smolders, 

Unpin your woman's hair and rub her shoulders." 

I threw myself across the doorway 

Beggin', "Stay, sweet man, stay," 

But there's more in my man's life 

Than this old hag. 

It's Jelly Roll Morton, and a shiny cornet, 

And jazzin' the rag! 

The lady ain't been born 

Can take the place of a horn, 

With a cornet man. 

A-goin' where there's blowin', 

Trav'lin' cornet man. 

Just anytime they call him 

He'll leave his wife and kiddies 

Sittin' with their tongues out 

To play for peanuts in a dive 

And blow his lungs out. 

He'll hop a choo-choo on a moment's notice 

To play some dates with Billy Bates 

Or Rag-time Otis! 

The lady ain't see light 

Can give a horn a fair fight 

With a cornet man 

A rootin', shootin', ever-tootin' Dapper Dan 

Who carries in his satchel 

A powder-blue Norfolk suit, 

A silver-plated wah-wah mute, 

There is whiskey, gamblin'--each one is a curse, 

But I'm up against a devil that's worse. 

Yes, a horn is my thorn, 

My trav'lin' cornet man! 

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Kill yourself! Tell me about it! Yeah! Yeah! 

A powder-blue Norfolk suit, 

I said a silver-plated wah-wah mute, 

Oh he's shy on height, 

He's short on weight, 

But he's the only man can make my coffee perculate, 

A Dapper Dan, 

My cornet-playin' man. 

After the performance, Nick Arnstein comes backstage, elegant in formal dress, 

to pay off a gambling debt to Keeney. Nick has seen the show and tells Fanny 

she's going to be a big star some day. Fanny asks how much Keeney is paying her, 

and Nick manages to jack up her salary by pretending to bid on behalf of a competitor. 

He gives her his card and kisses her hand. Eddie asks Fanny out for a date, 

but she only wants to be friends; already she has fallen for Nick, but imagines she'll 

never see him again