The Syncopated Walk 1914 Irving Berlin

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 29 Jul 2002

Strange, but there's a change
in how people walk these days
Yes! you must confess
that ever since the dancing craze
ev'rybody has a syncopated walk.
Where it's in the air
you'll find them swaying as they go
Smile, but all the while
you must admit that it is so
for they do they do
if you don't think it's true

Look at 'em doin' it
look at 'em doin' it
that syncopated walk
Look at 'em doin' it
look at 'em doin' it
I know who introduced it
Wait'll he reaches you
Wait'll he teaches you
that syncopated walk,
you'll be doing it too.
because it's done by ev'ryone
you'll find it's international,
that irrational step
it's full of "Pep" full of "Pep"
and in the morning when they rise
for their morning exercise
they take a syncopated walk.

Say what e'er you may
it's in the air without a doubt.
You will do it too
before you know what you're about,
you'll be walking with a syncopated walk.
Don't you say you won't
because you don't know what you say.
Friend, you can depend
that it will strike you some fine day,
E'er you know, you'll go
if you don't think it's so.

Look at 'em doin' it
look at 'em doin' it
that syncopated walk
Look at 'em doin' it
look at 'em doin' it
I know who introduced it
Wait'll he reaches you
Wait'll he teaches you
that syncopated walk,
you'll be doing it too.
because it's done by ev'ryone
you'll find it's international,
that irrational step
it's full of "Pep" full of "Pep"
and in the morning when they rise
for their morning exercise
they take a syncopated walk.

Look at 'em doin' it
look at 'em doin' it
that syncopated walk
Look at 'em doin' it
look at 'em doin' it
I know who introduced it
Wait'll he reaches you
Wait'll he teaches you
that syncopated walk,
you'll be doing it too.
because it's done by ev'ryone
you'll find it's international,
that irrational step
it's full of "Pep" full of "Pep"
and in the morning when they rise
for their morning exercise
they take a syncopated walk.

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The Syncopated Walk 1914 Irving Berlin
Words and Music by Irving Berlin
copyright 1914 by Irving Berlin Inc. N.Y.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Monday 29 July 2002 at 09.59
in association with Doug Grierson
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