Sheet Music, 1910-1919
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ISBN
MUM00682, 0367
Description
Cover: photo of a Caucasian couple dancing; Publisher: Shapiro Music Pub. Co. (New York)
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Songs -- United States -- 20th Century; Popular Music -- United States
Relational Format
music score
Original Format
scores
Original Collection
Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Lyrics
Lyrics:
First verse
Ev'rybody's raving bout the real Frnchy Two Step, Ev'rybody wants to do this smart fancy new step, It's a funny bear, Paris on a tear, Well, I do declare it is classy. Gaby brought the dance and it's got us all a going, Since hse came no other twirl has had any showing, It's a music treat, for your dancing feet, It is flashy but neat Just a twist and a bend, that you hope will not end.
Chorus
Oh! Oh! that Gaby, Gaby glide; It's just a real Parisian slide, Prance along as though you were upon the boulevard. Dance it here and dance it there and keep on dancing hard. Start in to the side, do the Paris ride, Swing up near then wide. Oh! Oh! that Gaby, Gaby Glide, Don't lag or let your feelings hide, Do the side step, trip and then go back the other way, Do the forward dip, and see how you begin to sway, Oh! Oh! that Gaby, Gaby Glide. Oh! Oh! that Gaby, Gaby glide; It's just a real Parisian slide, Prance along as though you were upon the boulevard. Dance it here and dance it there and keep on dancing hard. Start in to the side, do the Paris ride, Swing up near then wide. Oh! Oh! that Gaby, Gaby Glide, Don't lag or let your feelings hide, Do the side step, trip and then go back the other way, Do the forward dip, and see how you begin to sway, Oh! Oh! that Gaby, Gaby Glide.
Second verse
We are going crazy bout this new dance bewitching, We can't stop our feet at all they feel such an itching, You are in the air, floating here and there, Not a single care comes a stealing. Talk about you other rags, why they aren't in it, You feel all the joys of life in one single minute, For you travel so, with a lot of go, Can you stop? I guess no It's a big joyful dip, It's a heavenly trip.
(Chorus)
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