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No. 18 - Duet - Estelle and Jotte - "The Right Side and the Wrong!"
| Estelle: | There is a right side and a wrong To ev'rything, it seems to me. |
| Jotte: | So you will find before you're long In high society. |
| Estelle: | I've found it easy when I tried To get the right side of the men. |
| Jotte: | But if you put on too much side, How will you manage then? There's a right side and a wrong side, You be careful where you are. |
| Estelle: | If a noble peer should come too near He'll want to go too far. |
| Jotte: | So remember when you sit out With a marquis at a ball — |
| Estelle: | Keep the right side of the palm trees — |
| Both: | Then there isn't any harm at all! |
| Estelle: | When you would ask a girl to dance, A maiden full of modest charm, |
| Jotte: | Then with a winning smile advance, Offer your good right arm! |
| Estelle: | Just put the arm around her waist, But not the whole way round, you know, |
| Jotte: | Wait till you've got her nicely placed, Then, are you ready? Go! |
| Estelle: | Step the right side, not the wrong side, That's a thing to bear in mind, |
| Jotte: | Or you give a whirl and land your girl Right out of sight behind! |
| Estelle: | Then you can't get on the right side, Though you try all round the hall, |
| Jotte: | And the lady says "You stupid! |
| Both: | You don't know how to dance at all!" |
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Page modified 9 October 2016