Shall We Dance?

Oh, it's very exciting when you're young When you're sitting on a small gilt chair Your eyes lowered, terrified you'll be a wallflower And then you see two black shoes, a white waistcoat, a face It speaks We've just been introduced, I do not know your way But when the music started, something drew me to your side So many men and girls are in each other's arms It made me think we might be similarly occupied Shall we dance? On a bright cloud of music shall we fly? Shall we dance? Shall we then say goodnight and mean goodbye? Or perchance, when the last little star has left the sky Shall we still be together with our arms around each other? And shall you be my new romance? On the clear understanding that this kind of thing can happen Shall we dance? Shall we dance? Shall we dance?" Why do you stop? It is pretty! Go on, go on! Oh, no, your Majesty, I didn't realize I was Well after all, I'm not a dancing girl In England, we don't, that is, a girl would not dance while a man is looking at her! But you dance with strange men, holding hands, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera? Yes, not always a strange man, sometimes a very good friend Good We dance together! You show me, you teach me, teach! Well, it's quite simple, the polka You count one, two three, and one, two, three, and one, two, three, and Shall we dance? One, two, three, and On a bright cloud of music shall we fly? One, two three, and Shall we dance? One, two, three, and Shall we then say goodnight and mean goodbye? One, two, three, and Or perchance, when the last little star has left the sky Shall we still be together with our arms around each other And shall you be my new romance? On the clear understanding that this kind of thing can happen Shall we dance? Shall we dance? Shall we dance? One, two, three, and one, two, three, and One, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three Oh, what's wrong? I know, I know, I forget "and"! This time I remember One, two, three, and one, two, three, and one, two, three, and That's splendid, your Majesty! Splendid! Ah, you have thrown me off count! No, no, no But this is not right Not the way I see Europeans dancing tonight! Yes, yes it was! It was just like that! No We're not holding two hands like this Well No, no as a matter of fact Was like this? No? Yes Come!