From “The Crinoline Girl”, 1914
Words by Julian Eltinge
Music by Percy Wenrich
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- The Tango dance has set the world a whirl
And every body’s in the merry swirl
It’s grand, and you understand
The music seems to put me in a trance
I cannot do a single thing but dance
Each night ‘neath the light hold me tight, right
When I get in motion, it’s so very nice
I’m in paradise, on a tango ocean
I feel like a wave, that cannot behave
I could dance all night and day
If the band would only play
Chorus:
When I do that Tempting Tango
Don’t scold me, but hold me just so
Surely you ought to know
How I love that dance entrancing
I’ll teach you, beseech you
Come on, Honey dear, linger near
I cannot wait, don’t hesitate
You’re not too late, it’s simply great
When I do that tempting Tango
I’ll take you and make you
Go thro’ that tempting Tango with me
- The Tango seems to soothe my burning brain
My senses quiver but I can’t explain
My heart Tangoed from the start
And once you learn it, you can’t fine a cure
It seems to hold you in its magic lure
You skip like a ship on a trip, dip
When the dance is over, I don’t want to stop
I would rather drop, but I am in clover
When they start again, I get busy then
I’ll be someone’s tango wife
And we’ll Tango on thro’ life
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: