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Song for Belly Dancer ~ Kaye Ballard
- My youth was spent in the Orient
- where they never taught me to
waltz
- You'd be surprised when I
exercised
- it was never done to a waltz!
- It was "done" like this . .
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- but never to a waltz!
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- In ancient Siam, women like I am
- indoors or on the street . . .
- No woman . . . dances with her feet!
- Egyptian, Persian, only one
version
- no other stands a chance,
- feet are for walking,
- not for dance!
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- To an oriental fiddle,
- you can see them shake their
middle,
- the feet don't mean a thing
- middles are all they swing!
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- Even an Egyptian
"mummy"
- wiggles her tummy
- wiggles it so an' so
- that is the only dance ! know!
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- < instrumental break >
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- You don't need an Arthur Murray
- just a fringe that's on the
surrey
- will satisfy your needs
- dancing between the beads!
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- Everybody shake your torso
- sexy but more-so,
- shake it, come on, let's go . .
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- Let's do the only dance I know!
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- Words and Music by
Irving Berlin
- The Best of Irving
Berlin's Songs from 'Mr. President'
- Performed by Kaye
Ballard
- with Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra
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| Large View | Sessions |
- Produced
for records by Hugo & Luigi
- Orchestrations
by Philip J. Lang
- Vocal Arrangements by Ray Charles
- With
Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra & the Ray Charles Singers
- Also with Kaye Ballard and Sandy Stewart
- Recorded
in Webster Hall, New York City
- Recording
Engineer: Bob Simpson
Recorded
October 2nd,
1962
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