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 Imperial Waltz! imported from the Rhine
 (Famed for the growth of pedigrees and wine),
  Long be thine read more 
 Imperial Waltz! imported from the Rhine
 (Famed for the growth of pedigrees and wine),
  Long be thine import from all duty free,
   And hock itself be less esteem'd than thee. 
 O give me new figures! I can't go on dancing
 The same that were taught me ten seasons ago;
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 O give me new figures! I can't go on dancing
 The same that were taught me ten seasons ago;
  The schoolmaster over the land is advancing,
   Then why is the master of dancing so slow?
    It is such a bore to be always caught tripping
     In dull uniformity year after year;
      Invent something new, and you'll set me a skipping:
       I want a new figure to dance with my Dear! 
 Endearing Waltz--to thy more melting tune
 Bow Irish jig, and ancient rigadoon.
  Scotch reels, avaunt! and country-dance read more 
 Endearing Waltz--to thy more melting tune
 Bow Irish jig, and ancient rigadoon.
  Scotch reels, avaunt! and country-dance forego
   Your future claims to each fantastic toe!
    Waltz--Waltz alone--both legs and arms demands,
     Liberal of feet, and lavish of her hands. 
May you - Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is read more
May you - Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is watching, screw like it's being filmed, and drink like a true Irishman
 He who esteems the Virginia reel
 A bait to draw saints from their spiritual weal,
  And regards read more 
 He who esteems the Virginia reel
 A bait to draw saints from their spiritual weal,
  And regards the quadrille as a far greater knavery
   Than crushing His African children with slavery,
    Since all who take part in a waltz or cotillon
     Are mounted for hell on the devil's own pillion,
      Who, as every true orthodox Christian well knows,
       Approaches the heart through the door of the toes. 
I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself.
I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself.
 To brisk notes in cadence beating
 Glance their many-twinkling feet.  
 To brisk notes in cadence beating
 Glance their many-twinkling feet. 
My dancing days are done.
My dancing days are done.
 And the dancing has begun now,
 And the dancers whirl round gaily
  In the waltz's giddy mazes,
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 And the dancing has begun now,
 And the dancers whirl round gaily
  In the waltz's giddy mazes,
   And the ground beneath them trembles.