The music of Dancesport: I Won't Dance

George's Thoughts: The traditional Ella and Louis version is great for practice or social parties. For competition use, a strict tempo version on "The World of Standardtanze" by the Paradise Orchestra is very well done and timed at a regulation 51bpm. The lyrics were first written by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach for the London musical "Three Sisters", which premiered in 1934. A year later, when RKO released the screen version "Roberta" featuring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the lyrics were changed.

I won't dance, don't ask me
I won't dance, don't ask me
I won't dance madame with you
My heart won't
let me feet do things that they sould do

You know what, you're lovely you know what, you're so lovely

And you know what you do to me
I'm like an ocean wave that's bumped on the shore
I feel so absolutely
stumped on the floor

When you dance, you're chairming and you're gentle
Specially when you do the
Continental
But this feeling isn't purely mental
For heaven rest us, I'm not asbestos
And that's why I
won't dance, why sould I?

I won't dance, how could I?
I won't dance, merçi beacoup

I know
that music lead the way to romance
So if I hold you in arms I won't dance

I won't dance, don't ask me

I won't dance, don't ask me
I won't dance madame with you
My heart won't let me feet do things that
they want to do

You know what, you're so lovely, ring a ding-ding, you're lovely
And you know what
you do to me
I'm like an ocean wave that's bumped on the shore
I feel so absolutely stumped on the
floor

When you dance, you're chairming and you're gentle
Specially when you do the Continental
But
this feeling isn't purely mental
For heaven rest us, I'm not asbestos
And that's why I won't dance, I
won't dance

I won't dance, merci beaucoup
I know that music lead the way to romance

So if I hold
you in arms I won't dance

I Won't Dance

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