From the musical “The Kiss Burglar”, 1918.
Words by Glen MacDonough.
Music by Raymond Hubbell.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
There’s a famous cabaret
Where I dined the other day
‘Twas to me a pleasure new
Full of mirth and music too
Such an evening couldn’t be
In the lands across the sea
So merry and bright it was instantly
It straight away enchanted me
Refrain:
I want to learn to dance
Like a happy, happy Yankee! Yankee!
I want to dance them all
The “Bunny Hug” and “Tickle Toe!”
Oh! Oh! Oh! I want to “Hesitate”
And I’m crazy ’bout the “Foxtrot” What rot!
Hear that band
It starts me swaying right away
I want to start right now
And do a teasy breezy “One step” “One step”
I really must learn how
You know to me they’re very new, quite true
I love those American airs
They stop all of my troubles and cares
I’ll very happy be
If I can learn to dance the way the Americans do