Track Title:               I Won't Dance


Prime Artist:              Frank Sinatra
Lyrics by:                 Jimmy McHugh
Lyrics by:                 Dorothy Fields
Lyrics by:                 Oscar Hammerstein II     (O. Greeley Clendenning H. II)

Lyrics by:                 Otto Harbach     (b. Otto Abels Hauerbach)
Music by:                  Jerome Kern   (J. David K.)
From the Album:            A Swingin' Affair  1957 (A)
From the Film:             Roberta  1935 (M)
Lyrics:
"The lyrics were first written by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach for the London musical "Three
Sisters", which premiered
in 1934.  Then when RKO released the screen version in March of 1935, Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh
changed the lyrics of the song, only keeping the title which Oscar Hammerstein II originated."

I won't dance, don't ask me
I won't dance, don't ask me
I won't dance, Madame, with you
My heart won't let my feet do things that they should do

You know what?, you're lovely
You know what?, you're so lovely
And, oh, what you do to me
I'm like an ocean wave that's bumped on the shore
I feel so absolutely stumped on the floor

        When you dance, you're charming and you're gentle
        'specially when you do the Continental
        But this feeling isn't purely mental
        For, heaven rest us, I am not asbestos

and that's why
I won't dance, why should I?
I won't dance, how could I?
I won't dance, merci beaucoup
I know that music leads the way to romance,
So if I hold you in arms I won't dance


I won't dance, don't ask me,
I won't dance, don't ask me
I won't dance, Madame, with you
My heart won't let me feet do things that they want to do

You know what?, you're lovely,
Ring-a-ding-ding, you're lovely
And, oh, what you do to me
I'm like an ocean wave that's bumped on the shore
I feel so absolutely stumped on the floor

When you dance, you're charming and you're gentle
'specially when you do the Continental
But this feeling isn't purely mental
For, heaven rest us, I am not asbestos

and that's why
I won't dance, I won't dance
I won't dance, merci beaucoup
I know that music leads the way to romance
So if I hold you in arms    I won't dance!!


Transcribed by Ron Hontz
Ronhontz@att.net