When You’re Dancing the Old Fashioned Waltz

A popular song from 1915
Words by Chas. McCarron
Music by Albert Von Tilzer

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The sheet music:

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Accompaniment by Gerd Westendorp:

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Lyrics

1. Oh! Oh! there’s a mysterious something in the air
   I declare, that it’s familiar
   Oh! will you listen to that music playing
   So slow there’s a delirious
   Something in the swing
   That is bringing back a grand old dance
   Everybody used to know
   Long ago, long ago
   He’ll be doing it, she’ll be doing it
   We’ll be doing it, too

Chorus:
It’s nothing more or less
Oh! can’t you guess
It’s the old fashioned waltz
Everybody loves the old fashioned waltz
Everybody does the old fashioned waltz
It’s so dreamy it keeps you swaying
While they’re playing the old fashioned waltz
And you will admit your head’s in a whirl
When you whirl your best girl
And it’s love you’re thinking of
When you’re dancing the old fashioned waltz

2. Oh! oh! oh! mister leader man
   Play that little strain, once again
   I can’t forget it
   Just let it take us all right back to childhood
   No, no, no, mister leader man
   Don’t you syncopate
   Cause I hate to lose a chance to dance
   To that beautiful refrain
   Once again, once again
   She will love it so
   He will love it so
   There’s a reason you know

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Sung by Vancha March: