Hunkadola 1935

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 6 Jan 2013
2013

Ah, pretty maiden,
wouldst thou care to dance?
I pray thee, pretty maiden,
wouldst thou do perchance
the Hunkadola?
The Hunkadola!
It is forsooth the very latest thing,
methinks, in truth,
it also hath that certain swing
the Hunkadola!
A Junkarola.
Dear lady,
I beseech thee
to permit me now
to teach thee such a dance
as thou wilt ever more prefer
A fitting hither thither
to the music of the zither,
'Tis a bit of light fantastic
as it were,
it doth intoxicate indeed,
like wine,
Ah, lively lady,
this is too too too divine!
the Hunkadola!
A Punkarola.

When he looks into her eyes
and says: "I love you."
That's the Hunkadola.
And when she softly replies:
"So lovely of you."
That's the Hunkadola!
For days, and days.
and days and days
they dance,
For nights and nights
and nights and nights
he pants:
"My darling."
Once more
He looks in her eyes
repeats: "I love you."
then they huff
and puff
and things and stuff
and then they heave and ho!
and "yes" and "no"
and then he holds her fast
'tis love at last
and Hunkadola for two.

You put your right foot
way up in the air
and you can put it down
or you can leave it there
that's Hunkadola!
The Hunkadola....
And then you rhumba
while your partners waltz
The gentleman kicks once
the lady somersaults,
that's Hunkadola
a punkarola.
The next is sure to thrill you,
that is if it doesn't kill you
for you take the lady
by the neck like this
around and 'round
you swing her
high up in the air
you fling her
and you catch her
in your arms
and then you kiss
and then it's all for one
and one for all
it doesn't mean a thing
but it's the dance we call
the Hunkadola
the Hunkadola!

Soft karaoke
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lyric
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Hunkadola 1935
from "George White's 1935 Scandals" - A Fox Picture
Music by Joseph Meyer
Lyrics by Jack Yellen & Cliff Friend
© MCMXXXV by Movietone Music Corp.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 6 January 2013 at 14.30
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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