Let's All Dance The Polka 1932 JPitt-Payne

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 18Jan2014
2014

Old folks say that life was gay
when they were in their prime;
ev'ryone was full of fun
and had a real good time,
they used to dance the Polka
says dear old Uncle Jack,
Polka days were happy days
let's bring the Polka back.

Let's all dance the Polka
they danced it long ago,
when Grandma was a sweet young thing
and Grandpa was her beau,
Jumping round the ball room
reminds us of the scenes,
when the world was full of whiskers,
hansom cabs and crinolines.

Let's all dance the Polka
they danced it long ago,
when Grandpa's magic lantern was
the only picture show.
Frock coats were the fashion
and all the little Eves
went around in long lace petticoats
and leg o' mutton sleeves.

Dear old men say dancing then
was full of life and joy;
how they tripped
and hopped and skipped,
when Gladstone was a boy.
When twohorse power buses
went jogging down the Strand,
Grandma says old England was
a gay and happy land.

Let's all dance the Polka
in eighteen sixty nine
the ballroom floor reminded you
of washing on the line.
Bustles were in fashion
and so were corkscrew curls
and old Grandpa was a gay dog
with the plump Victorian girls.

Let's all dance the Polka
they danced it long ago,
when Grandma was a sweet young thing
and Grandpa was her beau,
Jumping round the ball room
reminds us of the scenes,
when the world was full of whiskers,
hansom cabs and crinolines.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Let's All Dance The Polka 1932 JPitt-Payne
Music by Ray Benson
Lyrics by Rex Lowton
© 1932 by The Irwin Dash Music Co.Ltd.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 18 January 2014 at 21.49
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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