That Tempting Tango 1914

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 4 Mar 2010
2010

The tango dance has set the world a whirl,
and ev'rybody's in the merry swirl,
it's grand, and you understand,
the music seems to put me in a trance,
I cannot do a single thing but dance,
each night 'neath the light
hold me tight, right,
when I get in motion
it's so very nice,
I'm in paradise,
on a tango ocean,
I feel like a wave,
that cannot behave,
I could dance all night and day,
if the band would only play:

When I do that Tempting Tango,
Don't scold me, but hold me just so,
Surely you ought to know,
How I love that dance entrancing,
I'll teach you, beseech you,
come on Honey dear, linger near.
I cannot wait, don't hesitate,
you're not too late
it's simply great
when I do that tempting Tango,
I'll take you and make you,
go thro' that tempting Tango with me.

When I do that Tempting Tango,
Don't scold me, but hold me just so,
Surely you ought to know,
How I love that dance entrancing,
I'll teach you, beseech you,
come on Honey dear, linger near.
I cannot wait, don't hesitate,
you're not too late
it's simply great
when I do that tempting Tango,
I'll take you and make you,
go thro' that tempting Tango with me.

The tango seems to sooth my burning brain,
my senses quiver but I can't explain,
My heart, tangoed from the start,
and once you learn it
you can't find a cure,
it seems to hold you
in its magic lure, you skip;
like a ship on a trip,
dip, when the dance is over,
I don't want to stop,
I would rather drop,
But I am in clover,
when they start again,
I get busy then,
I'll be someone's tango wife,
and we'll tango on thro' life.

When I do that Tempting Tango,
Don't scold me, but hold me just so,
Surely you ought to know,
How I love that dance entrancing,
I'll teach you, beseech you,
come on Honey dear, linger near.
I cannot wait, don't hesitate,
you're not too late
it's simply great
when I do that tempting Tango,
I'll take you and make you,
go thro' that tempting Tango with me.

When I do that Tempting Tango,
Don't scold me, but hold me just so,
Surely you ought to know,
How I love that dance entrancing,
I'll teach you, beseech you,
come on Honey dear, linger near.
I cannot wait, don't hesitate,
you're not too late
it's simply great
when I do that tempting Tango,
I'll take you and make you,
go thro' that tempting Tango with me.

Soft karaoke
Words
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That Tempting Tango 1914
Music by Percy Wenrich
Lyrics by Julian Eltinge
© 1914 by Wenrich-Howard Co. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, london UK
on Thursday 4 March 2010 at 22.18
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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