Dumbell 1922 Zez Confrey

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 16 May 2009
2009

There's a girl I met by chance
she is dumb but she can dance
Last night I took her to a Cabaret.
And she does a brand new step,
lots of fun and full of pep
I call it the "Dumbell"
and it goes this way:

You start in stepping along
you can't go wrong,
doing the "Dumbell"
Never a more bewildering tune
will you hear,
then you are soothed
with a smooth harmony,
it almost sounds like a strange reverie,
But when you suddenly realize
that you're doing the "Dumbell"
Take it from me
that you'll agree
that it's a bear,
It's so entrancing
you can't help dancing
I simply can't get along without it.
That's all I can say.

You start in stepping along
you can't go wrong,
doing the "Dumbell"
Never a more bewildering tune
will you hear,
then you are soothed
with a smooth harmony,
it almost sounds like a strange reverie,
But when you suddenly realize
that you're doing the "Dumbell"
Take it from me
that you'll agree
that it's a bear,
It's so entrancing
you can't help dancing
I simply can't get along without it.
That's all I can say.

Most amusements make me tired,
so I had my cottage wired
and now I listen on the radio,
There's a band plays ev'ry day,
and most ev'ry thing they play,
reminds me of "Dumbell"
My feet start to go:

You start in stepping along
you can't go wrong,
doing the "Dumbell"
Never a more bewildering tune
will you hear,
then you are soothed
with a smooth harmony,
it almost sounds like a strange reverie,
But when you suddenly realize
that you're doing the "Dumbell"
Take it from me
that you'll agree
that it's a bear,
It's so entrancing
you can't help dancing
I simply can't get along without it.
That's all I can say.

You start in stepping along
you can't go wrong,
doing the "Dumbell"
Never a more bewildering tune
will you hear,
then you are soothed
with a smooth harmony,
it almost sounds like a strange reverie,
But when you suddenly realize
that you're doing the "Dumbell"
Take it from me
that you'll agree
that it's a bear,
It's so entrancing
you can't help dancing
I simply can't get along without it.
That's all I can say.

Soft karaoke
Words
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piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Dumbell 1922
Music by Zez Confrey
© MCMXXII by Leo Feist Inc. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 16 May 2009 at 17.42
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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