BACK TO BACK
Irving Berlin   1939

as rec by Helen O'Connell w Jimmy Dorsey & his Orch 
June 16th 1939 New York

also: Glenn Miller & His Orch.(vocal: Marion Hutton & Tex Beneke) - 1939
Teddy Wilson & His Orch. (vocal: Thelma Carpenter) - 1939
Jan Savitt & His Top Hatters Orch. - 1939
Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. - 1939
Harry Roy & His Orch. - 1939


Dancing back to back
Takes you off the beaten track,
You don't look at your partner at all
When you dance back to back!

That's that new attack
That the other dancers lack;
You can see what goes on in the hall
When you dance back to back!

Your partner won't see you
Make eyes at who dances by!
Your partner won't mind it,
She's doin' it, that's why!

you must dance back to back,
Let me place you in the pack;
Cut the cards and I'll deal you a queen and a jack,
Back to back!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - March 2009)