The Blues Bells Of Broadway (Are Ringing Tonight) Songtext
von Doris Day

The bagpipes of Scotland are hushed in the glen
For Sandy MacTavish will nay come home again
He′s far from the bluebells that once bloomed so bright
But the blue bells of Broadway are ringing tonight

He sits on the bandstand with knees that are bare
The cats crowd around him, and hoot mon, how they stare
For Sandy in kilts is a braw bonny sight
But the blue bells of Broadway are ringing tonight

He plays a boogie-woogie bagpipe, so cool it's bound to hurt
Each nervous fan yells, "Dig that man in the crazy red skirt!"


The banks of Loch Lomond are lonely today
For Sandy MacTavish, three thousand miles away
He′s far from the heather that once bloomed so bright
But the blue bells of Broadway are ringing tonight

Oh where, tell me where has my blue laddie gone?
Oh where, tell me where has my blue laddie gone?

He's gone to join a jazz band on Fifty-Second Street
And it's there, you can hear him introduce that bagpipe beat

He wears a real gone tam o′ shanter and tassels on his socks
And when he blows, the rhythm grows ′til the joint really rocks

He squeezes the goatskin, and out comes the jive
For Sandy's the hit of the Dipsy-Doodle Five
Since he′s blowin' with ′em, the rhythm is right
And the blue bells of Broadway are ringin'
The blue bells are ringin′ with the bagpipe beat
On Broadway, on Broadway, tonight!