SLUEFOOT

(Johnny Mercer)
(Featured in the film “Daddy Long Legs” 
sung by The Pied Pipers with Ray Anthony & His Orchestra)


As recorded by:
Oscar Rabin’s Lyceum Band
V. Benny Lee & The Three Oscars (Probably)
Recorded July 1955



You want a dance that’s easy to do
Then dig the one I’m hippin‘ you to
I’m gonna teach you to ball it 
On what they’re callin’ the Sluefoot
You make your right foot point to the north
You make your left foot point to the south
And then you stroll sorta westerly
Slow and sieterly, slue foot.
Don’t be an odd-ball, and don’t be a fig
Try, why be shy
After all it’s even better if your feet’s too big
And if you learn to dance it just right
It shouldn’t take up half of the night
It is the most lackadaisiest
I mean the craziest, slue foot.
 
 
 
(Transcribed from John Wright’s 78 RPM Record Collection
 by Bill Huntley - August 2013)