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Note from Joe: Okay, okay; it’s not great poetry... but it’s fun! These are the lyrics to the #1 hit of 1906, still available on 10-inch records, wax cylinders, and this cylinder dubbing (MP3, 340 KB).


 

Waltz Me Around Again, Willie 

by Will D. Cobb & Ren Shields
Willie Fitzgibbons,
Who used to sell ribbons,
    And stood up all day on his feet,
Grew very spoony
On Madelaine Mooney,
    Who’d rather be dancing than eat.
Each evening she’d tag him,
To some dance hall drag him,
    And when the band started to play,
She’d up like a silly,
And grab tired Willie,
    Steer him on the floor and she’d say:

“Waltz me around again, Willie,
    Around, around, around!
The music is dreamy,
It’s peaches and creamy,
    O don’t let my feet touch the ground!
I feel like a ship on an ocean of joy --
I just want to holler out loud, ‘Ship Ahoy!’
Waltz me around again, Willie,
    Around, around, around!”

Willie DeVere
Was a dry goods cashier
    At his desk he would sit all the day.
’Till his Doctor advising,
Said “Start exercising,
    Or else you will soon fade away.”
One night this poor looney
Met Madelaine Mooney
    Fitzgibbons, then shouted with joy,
“She’s a good health-regainer,
You’ve found a great trainer!”
    Just wait ’till she hollers, my boy,

“Waltz me around again, Willie,
    Around, around, around!
The music is dreamy,
It’s peaches and creamy,
    O don’t let my feet touch the ground!
I feel like a ship on an ocean of joy --
I just want to holler out loud, ‘Ship Ahoy!’
Waltz me around again, Willie,
    Around, around, around!”

 

 

Waltz Me Around Again Willie


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