T'AIN'T NO SIN (TO DANCE AROUND IN YOUR BONES)
(Walter Donaldson / Edgar Leslie)


George Olsen & His Music (vocal: Dick Gardner) - 1929
Lee Morse & Her Blue Grass Boys - 1930
Billy Milton & The Four Bright Sparks - 1930
Hotel Pennsylvania Music (vocal: Sammy Fain) - 1930
The 3 Eddies (feat. in the film "Elstree Calling") - 1930







As recorded by LEE MORSE, 27th February 1930:

Dancin' may do this and that
And help you take off lots o' fat
But I'm no friend of dancin' when it's hot

So if you are a dancin' fool
Who loves to dance, but can't keep cool
Bear in mind the ideas that I've got

When it gets to hot for comfort
And you can't get ice cream cones
T'ain't no sin to take off your skin
And dance around in your bones

When the lazy syncopation
Of the music softly moans
T'ain't no sin to take off your skin
And dance around in your bones

The polar bears aren't green up in Greenland
They've got the right idea
They think it's great to refrigerate
While we all cremate down here

Just be like those bamboo babies
In the South Sea tropic zones
T'ain't no sin to take off your skin
And dance around in your bones

When you're callin' up your sweetie
In those hothouse telephones
T'ain't no sin to take off your skin
And dance around in your bones

When you're on a crowdwd dance floor
Near those red hot saxophones
Ah, t'ain't no sin to take off your skin
And dance around in your bones

Take a look at the girls when they're dancin'
Notice the way they're dressed
They wear silken clothes without any hose
And nobody knows the rest

No more singin' in the bathtub
With those television phones
T'ain't no sin to take off your skin
And dance around in your bones

(Instrumental Break)

Now, we are gathered by the river
Listen to your Deacon Jones
T'ain't no sin to take off your skin
And dance around in your bones

You must all go in that water
Let me hear your sinful groans
T'ain't no sin to take off your skin
And dance around in your bones

Do what I say right away, wicked sinners
For this is your judgement day
Come Andy Lee in the river with me
Was your sins away

Throw away your gin and razors
Throw away your gamblin' bones
For t'ain't no sin to take off your skin
And dance around in your bones






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2013)