Mambo, the mood of Edmundo
The Samba it ain't no big deal
Broadway, my hat-and-cane forte
Relies on the speed of your heel
But it's a cruel mean old world
Of the true Moulin Rouge pearls
When somebody's hustlin' you
Right off the stage
You'd never be so dumb as to say
I wouldn't say
Ginger, to imitate Ginger
Now is my sole ambition to date
Bolero with Raft I could share but with
Blair I could never have faced
But it's a cruel mean old world
Of the true Moulin Rouge pearls
When somebody's hustlin' you
Right off the stage
You'd never be so dumb as to say
I wouldn't say
Dancer, I'm an old-fashioned dancer
'n I'll be checking you out in the wings
Lady, my poor leading lady
Now is trying so hard to be slim
But it's a cruel mean old world
Of the true Moulin Rouge pearls
When somebody's hustlin' you
Right off the stage
You'd never be so dumb as to say
I wouldn't say
The Samba it ain't no big deal
Broadway, my hat-and-cane forte
Relies on the speed of your heel
Of the true Moulin Rouge pearls
When somebody's hustlin' you
Right off the stage
You'd never be so dumb as to say
I wouldn't say
Now is my sole ambition to date
Bolero with Raft I could share but with
Blair I could never have faced
Of the true Moulin Rouge pearls
When somebody's hustlin' you
Right off the stage
You'd never be so dumb as to say
I wouldn't say
'n I'll be checking you out in the wings
Lady, my poor leading lady
Now is trying so hard to be slim
Of the true Moulin Rouge pearls
When somebody's hustlin' you
Right off the stage
You'd never be so dumb as to say
I wouldn't say
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I copied these lyrics down from the liner notes from the "Babe Ruth/Stealin' Home" double CD. Written underneath of them was this:
Key to the names in "Dancer" : Edmundo - Edmundo Ross; Ginger - Ginger Rogers; Raft - George Raft; Blair - Lionel Blair