A:
Daddy started out in San Francisco
Tootin' on a trumpet loud and mean;
Suddenly a voice said, "Go forth, Daddy,
Spread the picture on a wider screen."

B:
And the voice said, "Brother, there's a million pigeons
Ready to be hooked on new religions;
Hit the road, Daddy, leave your common-law wife,
Spread the religion of the rhythm of life."

C:
For the rhythm of life is a powerful beat,
Puts a tingle in your fingers and a tingle in your feet,
Rhythm in your bedroom, rhythm on the street,
And the rhythm of life is a powerful beat .

D: Sopranos
To feel the rhythm of life,
To feel the powerful beat,
To feel the tingle in your fingers,
To feel the tingle in your feet.

D: All other voices
For the rhythm of life is a powerful beat;
Puts a tingle in your fingers and a tingle in your feet,
Rhythm in your bedroom, rhythm in the street;
And the rhythm of life is a powerful beat.

E: Sopranos
To feel the rhythm of life,
To feel the powerful beat,
To feel the tingle in your fingers,
To feel the tingle in your feet.

E: Altos & Tenors
For the rhythm of life is a powerful beat;
Puts a tingle in your fingers and a tingle in your feet,
Rhythm in your bedroom, rhythm in the street;
And the rhythm of life is a powerful beat.

E: Basses
Go, go, go,
Go, go, go,
Tell them ev'ry-
-thing you know.

F:
Daddy spread the gospel in Milwaukee,
Took his walkie-talkie to Rocky Ridge;
Blew his way to Canton, then to Scranton,
Till he landed under the Manhattan Bridge.

G: Sopranos & Altos
Daddy was a new sensation,
Got himself a congregation
Built up quite an operation,
Down below!
With the pie-eyed piper blowing,
while the muscatel was flowing
All the cats were go, go, going;
down below.

H: Sopranos & Altos
Daddy was a new sensation,
Got himself a congregation
Built up quite an operation,
Down below!
With the pie-eyed piper blowing,
while the muscatel was flowing
All the cats were go, go, going;
down below.

Daddy was a new sensation,
Got himself a congregation
Built up quite an operation,
Down below!
With the pie-eyed Piper blowing,
while the muscatel was flowing
All the cats were go, go, going;
down below.

H: Tenors & Basses
Daddy was a new sensation,

Got himself a congregation,

Built up quite an operation,

Down below! Go, go!

With the pie-eyed Piper blowing,

while the muscatel was flowing,

All the cats were go, go, going;

down below! Go, go!

I: All voices unison
Flip your wings and fly to Daddy,
Flip your wings and fly to Daddy,
Flip your wings and fly to Daddy,
Fly, fly, fly to Daddy.

J: S & T melody; A & B harmony
Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy,
Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy,
Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy,
Crawl, crawl, crawl to Daddy.

[K: (Not sung in this version)
Take a dive and swim to Daddy,
Take a dive and swim to Daddy,
Take a dive and swim to Daddy,
Swim, swim, swim to Daddy.]

L: Bass (all 3 times):
Doo-bi,
doo-bi,
doo-bi,
doo-bi,
doo-bi,
doo-bi,
doo-bi,
doo!

Soprano (2nd & 3rd time); Alto & Tenor (3rd time only):
Doo- bi, doo- bi, doo-bi, doo- bi,
doo- bi, doo- bi, doo-bi, doo- bi,
doo-bi, doo- bi, doo-bi, doo- bi,
doo- bi, doo- bi, doo-bi, doo- bi,
doo- bi, doo- bi, doo- bi, doo- bi,
doo- bi, doo- bi, doo- bi, doo- bi,
doo- bi, doo- bi, doo- bi, doo- bi,
doo!

N: Sopranos, Tenors, & Basses
Oh, the rhythm of life is a powerful beat,
Puts a tingle in your fingers and a tingle in your feet,
Rhythm in your bedroom, rhythm in the street,
And the rhythm of life is a powerful beat!

N: Altos
To feel the rhythm of life,
To feel the powerful beat,
To feel the tingle in your fingers,
To feel the tingle in your feet!

P:
To feel the rhythm of life
To feel the powerful beat
To feel the tingle in your fingers
To feel the tingle in your

Q:
Life!
Life!
Life!

Daddy we got the
rhythm,
rhythm,
rhythm,
Rhythm of life!

Words to "The Rhythm of Life"