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No. 24 - Can-Can vs. Cake-Walk
| Soloist: | To win the heart of maiden free I use the art terpsichoree, And ere we part she's vowed to me I've won her with ze dance. Of course I may win with my face, But people say I lead my ace When I get gay and use ze grace I learned in la belle France. Oh, my manner is tres elegante And my grace is toujour ravisante, As I kick wiz my teetsies, ah, jusqua la All ze ladies zey cry me, "Charmante! Comme Oh mon cher" zey say, "Je vous adore! Voila! Et qui voulez vous encore!" Zey never will leave me, jamais! When I dance in ze Parisienne way. |
| But suddenly, ah, sad to tell! I failed to be ze Beau Brummell, Because, you see, ze can-can fell And cake-walk came to reign. So, so! next day I started in To learn ze way to dance to win, And now they pay when I begin Ze dance Americaine. Oh, when I dance ze cake-walk Ze girls all follow me. On ze boulevard zey ask me for my card, Cake-walk crazy! If you go to Parie Don't fail to let them know That you come from the land where the cake-walks grow. |
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American Musical Theatre | Fantana
Page modified 28 November 2016