COPENHAGEN
Words: Walter Melrose
Music: Charlie Davis

‘Featured' by Harry Leader & his band
Recorded by Teresa Brewer & the Dixieland All-Stars


Verse:
‘Way down in old New Orleans you will find shoulder shakin' queens,
And when they roll their eyes you'll wake up in paradise.
And when that old leader man I said when that old leader man,
Picks up his saxophone all the shoulder shakers moan -

Chorus:
Professor man won't you play Copenhagen
‘Cause that's one tune sure has got me runnin' wild?
Nobody knows how that tune burns up my clothes,
So hey hey hey - syncopate it all night long.

Doo da da doo dum - steppin' daddy, mama's feelin' good.
Doo da da doo dum - syncopate me like a daddy should.

Professor man won't you play Copenhagen
‘Cause that's one tune drives my dancin' shoes insane?
Be good to me jass me with that melody
So hey hey hey - syncopate it all night long.

Doo da da doo dum - steppin' daddy, mama's feelin' good.
Doo da da doo dum - syncopate me like a daddy should.

Copyright: 1924
Published by Herman Darewski Music Publishing Co
9-10 Old Compton Street, London WC2








(Contributed by Paul Daniel - August 2009)