A popular song from 1915
Words and music by Gus Chandler, Bert White and Henry Cohen
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Away up north amid the ice and all the snow
Away up in the homeland of the Eskimo
They’ve got a dance that’s all their own
They do it on the ice
In shimmie Paradise they shimmie oh, so nice
The Northern breezes make the maidens shiver so
The way they shake just melts away all the snow
You read in all the papers about Canadian Capers
Thro’ the storm that’s just how they keep warm
Chorus
On zero days each maiden sways
Right in the arms of her own lovin’ Eskimo
Most every night when all the northern lights are low
She toddles ’round with her own northern Romeo
In all the Snow while cold winds blow
Each little Flo and little Joe, just watch them go
Swing to and fro, oh (Tickletoe)
Now I’ve been told the weather’s cold
It’s always wintertime up where the North pole lies
But they cut up Canadian Capers if they’re wise
And then they watch the temperature begin to rise
Going up, showing up, blowing up, going up
They always do Canadian Capers
If the weather’s cold enough (hey hey) Hot Stuff