The Only Dance I Know (Song For Belly Dancer)

Irving Berlin

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    [Verse:]
    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
    But never to a waltz

    [1st refrain:]
    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

    Even an Egyptian mummy
    Wiggles her tummy
    Wiggles it so and so
    That is the only dance I know

    [2nd refrain:]
    You don't need an Arthur Murray
    Just a fringe that's on the surrey
    Will satisfy your needs
    Dancing between the beads

    Everybody shake your torso
    Sexy but more so
    Shake it, come on, let's go
    Let's do the only dance I know

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