OLD SOFT SHOE, THE
(Nancy Hamilton / Morgan Lewis)


Dinah Shore & Tony Martin - 1951
Carol Richards & Dean Martin (Radio Transcript) - 1952
Roberta Lee & Tennessee Ernie Ford - 1952
Joy Nichols & Wally Peterson - 1955
Judy Garland & Donald O'Connor - 1963

also recorded by: Dorothy Squires; Kaye Ballard.








As recorded by DINAH SHORE & TONY MARTIN:

BOTH:
Give me that old soft shoe, I said that old soft shoe
A one, a two, a doodle-dee-doodle-dee-dooh
Play me that old soft shoe and nothing else will do
That's the dance my darlin' used to do

TM: We sang love's refrain
DS:  Like a Vaudeville team
TM: Danced the whole night through
DS:  We had the cutest routine
TM: Strolled in Lovers' Lane
DS: Weren't my bonnets a scream
BOTH: We'd harmonise and doodle-dee-doodle-dee-dooh

BOTH:
Give me that old soft shoe, I said that old soft shoe
A one, a two, a doodle-dee-doodle-dee-dooh
Play me that old soft shoe and nothing else will do
That's the dance my darlin' used to do

(SPOKEN:)
(TM: I think we got a full house tonight)
(DS:  Yeah. Hey, look at the fellow in the first row)
(TM: He's been in here three days)
(DS:  I bet he's hungry, heh-heh)
(TM: I bet we are too, heh-heh)

TM: We sang love's refrain
DS:  You were the king of  'em all
TM: Really? We danced the whole night through
DS:  And I was the belle o' the ball
TM: Hmm-hmm, strolled in Lovers' Lane
DS: Weren't my dresses a scream
BOTH: We'd harmonise and doodle-dee-doodle-dee-dooh

BOTH:
Give me that old soft shoe, I said that old soft shoe
A one, a two, a doodle-dee-doodle-dee-dooh
Play me that old soft shoe and nothing else will do
It reminds me of the only love I ever knew
TM: The old
DS:  And not the new
TM: And not the hard
DS:  But the soft
BOTH: Shoe, soft shoe!







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2015)