a 1922 popular song
words and music by Sam Coslow, Al Sherman, Irving Mills
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- There’s a brand new dance in town
And it’s surely spreadin’ ’round
It’s called the deedle deedle dum
Deedle deedle dum dum dum
Though it doesn’t mean a thing, got the cutest little swing
And as you sway, you’ll hear those dancers say
Chorus
Do the little dum dum deedle dum
Dum deedle dum, dum deedle dum dum
Funny little dum dum deedle dum
Dum deedle dum, dum deedle dum dum
Grab your beau, begin it nice and slow, then shuffle to and fro
And let ‘er go, oh, say mister
When you do the dum, dum deedle dum
Dum deedle dum you’ll never be blue
Everybody’s do do doing it, do doing it, do doing it too
When I strut I may be off my nut, but still I’ve got to
Do that deedle dum, dum deedle dum, dum deedle dum dum
- Now I’ve seen them dance in Spain
And from Frisco Bay to Maine
I’ve seen them dance in Honolu, dressed up in a leaf or two
But of all the steps I’ve seen, there is none that’s half as mean
As one I’d pick and boy, it’s got some kick
Sung here by Fred Feild: