A 1920 popular song.
Words and music by L. Wolfe Gilbert and Joseph Cooper.
New lyrics written by Charles A. Bayha.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Dance, just dance, now stop! wait
I’m the one who begun all this dancing craze
Gave you pep, made you step in a thousand ways
Dance, just dance, now stop! wait
I’ve something I would like to state, So hesitate!
At my command you balled the Jack
When I raised my hand, then the waltz came back
The minuet was once my pet
But now you’re dancing jazzy music
All night, that’s right
Refrain
I’m from Dance-O-Mania
Land of Dance-O-Mania
I bring new styles and creations
Sensations for all the nations
I bring joy and pleasure in the fullest measure
When I go back to my land I’ll tell them
Ev’rybody’s happy and they’re shaking little shoulders
Dance-O-Dance-O-Mania
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: