TONY'S IN TOWN

from 1936 film "It's Love Again"
("Harry MacGregor Woods 1936)

Jessie Matthews & The Three Ginx
with orchestra conducted by Lou Levy
(film soundtrack)


See those ladies running about,
Oh what an echo when they shout,
"Tony's in town!
(Yeah, Tony's in town!)

Everybody's spreading the news,
They're running for their dancing shoes,
'Cause Tony's in town!
(Yeah, Tony's in town!)

Can he dance?
I'll say he can!
When it comes to dancing,
He's the international man!

(Look at the way that he does it,
Ain't he a graceful gazelle!
What is the new step he's doing?
I'd give a new hat
If I could do that
A quarter as well!)

(Watch how he bows to a lady,
Watch how he kisses her hand.
Come on you boys, take a lesson,
You've got to admit
He's made a big hit,
He's perfectly planned!)

(See those ladies running about,
What an echo when they shout,
"Say, Tony's in town!)
Yeah, Tony's in town!

(Everybody's spreading the news,
They're running for their dancing shoes,
'Cause Tony's in town!)
Yeah, Tony's in town!

Can he dance,?
I'll say he can!
When it comes to dancing,
He's the international man!

All night long the party is on,
And they won't stop till the break of dawn,
'Cause Tony's in town!
Tony's in town!
Tony's in town!
Tony's in town!
Tony's in town!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - March 2021)