I Want To Learn To Dance 1918

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 5 Feb 2009
2009

There's a famous cabaret
where I dined the other day
'twas to me a pleasure new,
full of mirth and music too,
such an evening couldn't be
in the lands across the sea,
So merry and bright it was
Instantly it straight away
enchanted me!

I want to learn to dance
like a happy, happy Yankee,
Yankee!
I want to dance them all
The "Bunny Hug" and "Tickle Toe"
Oh! Oh!
Oh! I want to "Hesitate"
and I'm crazy 'bout the "Foxtrot"
What rot!
Hear that band
it starts me swaying right away!
I want to start right now
and do a teasy breezy
"One Step.."
"One Step.."
I really must learn how
You know to me they're very new
quite true...
I love those American Airs
they stop all of my troubles and cares,
I'll very happy be
if I can learn to dance
the way the Americans do.

I want to learn to dance
like a happy, happy Yankee,
Yankee!
I want to dance them all
The "Bunny Hug" and "Tickle Toe"
Oh! Oh!
Oh! I want to "Hesitate"
and I'm crazy 'bout the "Foxtrot"
What rot!
Hear that band
it starts me swaying right away!
I want to start right now
and do a teasy breezy
"One Step.."
"One Step.."
I really must learn how
You know to me they're very new
quite true...
I love those American Airs
they stop all of my troubles and cares,
I'll very happy be
if I can learn to dance
the way the Americans do.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I Want To Learn To Dance 1918
Music by Raymond Hubbell
Lyrics by Glen MacDonough
© MCMXVIII by T.B.Harms & Francis Ray & Hunter - N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 5 February 2009 at 13.26
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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