From “As Thousands Cheer”, 1933.
Words and music by Irving Berlin.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
A heat wave was riding through town last week
She came from the Island of Martinique
The can-can she dances will make you cry
The can-can is really the reason why
Chorus
We’re having a heat wave
A tropical heat wave
The temperature’s rising
It isn’t surprising
She certainly can can-can
She started a heat wave
By letting her seat wave
And in such a way that
The customers say that
She certainly can can-can
Gee, her anatomy
Makes the mercury
Jump to ninety-three, yes sir!
We’re having a heat wave
A tropical heat wave
The way that she moves that
Thermometer proves that
She certainly can can-can
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: