Tanglewood, Tanglewood
Out on the cool green grass
How do you do? Doing good
Here in Western Mass
Here where 400 Tanglewood kids
Lucky to be here on scholarship
Some for tuba, or bass
Music and music and music and music and O
What a fabulous place.
Play and rest, play and rest
Little bass player of mine
Do not worry who is best
Keep up a good bass line
Carnegie Hall will be yours someday
A recording contract with RCA
But now let's just keep time
Play you basses, play, you basses, play