The Syncopated Vamp 1920 Irving Berlin 'Ziegfeld Follies'

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 28 Jul 2002

There she goes
just take a glance at her
there she goes
go have a dance with her
'ere she goes
she's got a devil in her dancing toes.
Beneath her stylish clothes
a little bit of her ankle shows
which makes a hit with her dancing beaus
and that's the reason ev'rybody knows

She's a syncopated Vampire
Just a syncopated Vamp
among a hundred thousand acres
of American shoulder shakers
she's the champ
this little jazzy Cleopatra
has the people gazing at her
she sticks to her partner
like a penny postage stamp
If you ever had a foxtrot
with the syncopated Vamp
you'd say it's like a lot of liquor
for your vision begins to flicker
like a lamp.
She doesn't wink at the boys
she's much bolder
she only flirts with her shoulder
so they call her
The Syncopated Vamp.

She's a syncopated Vampire
Just a syncopated Vamp
among a hundred thousand acres
of American shoulder shakers
she's the champ
this little jazzy Cleopatra
has the people gazing at her
she sticks to her partner
like a penny postage stamp
If you ever had a foxtrot
with the syncopated Vamp
you'd say it's like a lot of liquor
for your vision begins to flicker
like a lamp.
She doesn't wink at the boys
she's much bolder
she only flirts with her shoulder
so they call her
The Syncopated Vamp.

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The Syncopated Vamp 1920 Irving Berlin
Words and Music by Irving Berlin
copyright MCMXX by Irving Berlin Inc. N.Y.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Sunday 28 July 2002 at 15.35
in association with Doug Grierson
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F. Ziegfeld Presents
'Ziegfeld Follies of 1920'
by Irving Berlin
staged by Edward Royce
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