L. Wolfe Gilbert, Joe Cooper — Dance-O-Mania

Dance-O-Mania, foxtrot

Composer: Joe Cooper (1891—...), L. Wolfe Gilbert (1886—1970)
Lyricist: Charles Anthony Bayha (1891—1957)
Performer: Orchestra of the All-Union Radio
Conductor: Ferdinand Krisch (1877—1948)
Recorded: 1939

Source: http://russian-records.com/details.php?image_id=17203
Illustration: http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mmb-vp/1855/

Lyrics:

Folks! Oh, folks! Beware! Stop!
If you don't, if you won't, every hope is gone
Jazzy bands, baby grands are what bring it on
Folks! Oh, folks! Beware! Stop!

A new complaint has just been found
It's going round

I'm not a doctor as you suppose,
But it's a case I can diagnose
You shake but still it's not a chill
When you start itching,
And your twitching won't quit
That's it

Refrain [2x]:
Oh! that Dance-O-Mania,
Dippy Dance-O-Mania,
Whether you're fourteen
Or forty,
Haughty,
It makes you naughty
Every syncopator gets it soon or later
Just watch your step when the band starts playing
Everybody's happy when they shake a little shoulder
Dance-O-Mania gets them all. all.

Folks! Oh, folks! What's that! Look!
Can it be what I see, such an awful fate
Don't complain, it's in vain, you've been warned too late
Folks! Oh, folks! What's that! Look!

You've fallen victim to the fad
You've got it bad

You'll suffer each morning, night and noon
Each time that your hear a raggy tune
You're in its clutch, you're sure in Dutch
You must keep dancing for there isn't a cure
That's sure

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