My Dance - 1934

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 14 Feb 2002

I just can't believe she was pretending,
when she said the last dance would be mine;
but soon this lovely music will be ending,
and my lonely feet are only keeping time.

My Dance, she promised to save it for me,
My dance, I'm waiting but where can she be?
Here all alone in the crowd I stand
and pretend that I've come
just to hear the band.
By chance two shadows I see on the lawn,
A glance soon tells me
why my dance has gone,
Now I can see that she wasn't for me,
so I'll forget romance
for she forgot my dance.

My Dance, she promised to save it for me,
My dance, I'm waiting but where can she be?
Here all alone in the crowd I stand
and pretend that I've come
just to hear the band.
By chance two shadows I see on the lawn,
A glance soon tells me
why my dance has gone,
Now I can see that she wasn't for me,
so I'll forget romance
for she forgot my dance.

All these weary moments I've been waiting,
watching happy couples gliding by;
My poor heart, like the rhythm, syncopating,
and my hopes,
just like the fading music, die...

My Dance, she promised to save it for me,
My dance, I'm waiting but where can she be?
Here all alone in the crowd I stand
and pretend that I've come
just to hear the band.
By chance two shadows I see on the lawn,
A glance soon tells me
why my dance has gone,
Now I can see that she wasn't for me,
so I'll forget romance
for she forgot my dance.

My Dance, she promised to save it for me,
My dance, I'm waiting but where can she be?
Here all alone in the crowd I stand
and pretend that I've come
just to hear the band.
By chance two shadows I see on the lawn,
A glance soon tells me
why my dance has gone,
Now I can see that she wasn't for me,
so I'll forget romance
for she forgot my dance.

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My Dance 1935
by Herbert Mandell, Henry King and Frank Littau
assitional lyrics by Charles Dunn
copyright 1935 by M. Witmark and Sons.
B. Feldman and Co. Sole Agents for M. Witmark and Sons
Featured by Ambrose and His Embassy Club Orchestra
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Thursday 14 February 2002 at 08.37
in association with Doug Grierson
for wall-flowers everywhere this St. Valentine's Day! :)
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