I WANT TO LEARN TO DANCE
Rusty Hurren

Rusty Hurren with Lou Preager & his Orchestra  
recorded 1940's


I want to learn to dance,
I want to be a popular guy;
I want to learn to dance,
I'm tired of romance passing me by!

I want to step on the floor
With the eyes of ador-
-ing girls admiring my grace,
But when I take the floor,
You can be pretty sure
That I'll fall flat on my face!

The teachers all agree
I have the necessary physique;
Is there no hope for me?
I go to dances four times a week!

I hang around in the hope
That somebody will cope
With my feet, and give me the chance
To prove, in spite
Of I don't know my left from my right,
I want to learn to dance!

At the moment my waltz is erratic,
Both my rumba and samba are sad.
In a quickstep my feet become static,
Pretty soon I feel I'll go mad!

It really worries me
To think that I might never succeed.
Won't someone hear my plea?
It's only sympathy that I need!

I don't aspire to the ballet,
A Saturday night at the Palais
Could bring me romance!
I wouldn't wander around
Like a fellow who's in a trance;
I wouldn't wander around in a trance
If I could learn to dance!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - April 2013)