Dance-O-Mania 1920

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 26 Nov 2011
2011

Folks!
Oh Folks!
Beware! Stop!
If you don't
if you won't
ev'ry hope is gone
Jazzy bands,
baby grands are what bring it on
Folks!
Oh Folks!
Beware! Stop!
A new complaint has just been found
it's going 'round
I'm not a doctor as you suppose.
But it's a case
I can diagnose,
you shake but still
it's not a chill
when you start itching
and your twitching won't quit
That's it!

Oh that DanceOMania
dippy DanceOMania
whether you're fourteen or forty
haughty, it makes you naughty.
Ev'ry syncopator
gets it soon or later.
Just watch your step
when the band starts playing
ev'rybody's happy
when they shake a little shoulder
DanceOMania gets 'em all.

Oh that DanceOMania
dippy DanceOMania
whether you're fourteen or forty
haughty, it makes you naughty.
Ev'ry syncopator
gets it soon or later.
Just watch your step
when the band starts playing
ev'rybody's happy
when they shake a little shoulder
DanceOMania gets 'em all.

Folks!
Oh Folks!
What's that!
Look!
Can it be
what I see,
such an awful fate.
Don't complain
it's in vain,
you've been warned too late
Folks!
Oh Folks!
What's that!
Look!
You've fallen victim to the fad
You've got it bad!
You'll suffer each morning
night and noon.
Each time that you hear a raggy tune
you're in the clutch
you're sure in Dutch
You must keep dancing
for there isn't a cure
That's sure!

Oh that DanceOMania
dippy DanceOMania
whether you're fourteen or forty
haughty, it makes you naughty.
Ev'ry syncopator
gets it soon or later.
Just watch your step
when the band starts playing
ev'rybody's happy
when they shake a little shoulder
DanceOMania gets 'em all.

Oh that DanceOMania
dippy DanceOMania
whether you're fourteen or forty
haughty, it makes you naughty.
Ev'ry syncopator
gets it soon or later.
Just watch your step
when the band starts playing
ev'rybody's happy
when they shake a little shoulder
DanceOMania gets 'em all.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Dance-O-Mania 1920
Music and Lyrics by L.Wolfe Gilbert & Joe Cooper
New Lyrics by Charles A.Bayha
© MCMXX by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.Inc.  New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 26 November 2011 at 12.00
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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