When The Animals Are Gone 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 September 2011
2011

All of the dances
that we've had nowadays
out of the maze,
that have been all the craze,
People have used some poor animal's name,
And gave the animal unlooked for fame;
Now here is the way
the whole thing looks to me,
it's cruelty
just as plain as can be,
But they're most important
to make dances win fame,
and now they need animals
to give them a name,
just think,
just think,
just think what they have done.

First they did the Californian dance
they call "The Grizzly Bear"
And then you saw the dance
the one they call
"The Turkey Trot" most ev'rywhere;
"The Bunny Hug" and "Old Lame Duck"
"The Pigeon Walk" and "Horse Trot Buck"
What are we going to do
are they going to take the whole menagerie,
no exagery;
"Fox Trot" next
why ev'ry mother used to teach it to her child,
we then had "Walk The Dog"
it came along and really set the nation wild
Poor Animals how we've abused you,
for our dances' names we've used you
what are we going to do
when all the animals are gone?

First they did the Californian dance
they call "The Grizzly Bear"
And then you saw the dance
the one they call
"The Turkey Trot" most ev'rywhere;
"The Bunny Hug" and "Old Lame Duck"
"The Pigeon Walk" and "Horse Trot Buck"
What are we going to do
are they going to take the whole menagerie,
no exagery;
"Fox Trot" next
why ev'ry mother used to teach it to her child,
we then had "Walk The Dog"
it came along and really set the nation wild
Poor Animals how we've abused you,
for our dances' names we've used you
what are we going to do
when all the animals are gone?

Now all the people
who have animal pets
have no regrets,
and you can all make bets
they like the way
they have been advertised,
and made them like some
that we had despised,
Just think of the men
who have danced with their wives,
brightened their lives with new steps,
glides and dives,
they learned from some animal
that's up in the Zoo
then told their dear wifies
that their ideas were new,
Just think,
just think,
Just think what they have done.

First they did the Californian dance
they call "The Grizzly Bear"
And then you saw the dance
the one they call
"The Turkey Trot" most ev'rywhere;
"The Bunny Hug" and "Old Lame Duck"
"The Pigeon Walk" and "Horse Trot Buck"
What are we going to do
are they going to take the whole menagerie,
no exagery;
"Fox Trot" next
why ev'ry mother used to teach it to her child,
we then had "Walk The Dog"
it came along and really set the nation wild
Poor Animals how we've abused you,
for our dances' names we've used you
what are we going to do
when all the animals are gone?

First they did the Californian dance
they call "The Grizzly Bear"
And then you saw the dance
the one they call
"The Turkey Trot" most ev'rywhere;
"The Bunny Hug" and "Old Lame Duck"
"The Pigeon Walk" and "Horse Trot Buck"
What are we going to do
are they going to take the whole menagerie,
no exagery;
"Fox Trot" next
why ev'ry mother used to teach it to her child,
we then had "Walk The Dog"
it came along and really set the nation wild
Poor Animals how we've abused you,
for our dances' names we've used you
what are we going to do
when all the animals are gone?

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
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When The Animals Are Gone 1917
Music by Malvin Franklin
Lyrics by Thomas J.Gray
© MCMXVII by Jos.W.Stern & Co. New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 30 September 2011 at 19.54
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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