{"id":3170,"date":"2023-01-20T13:41:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T13:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3170"},"modified":"2024-07-31T16:35:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T16:35:25","slug":"dance-little-lady","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dance-little-lady\/","title":{"rendered":"Dance, Little Lady"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the 1928 revue \u201cThis Year of Grace\u201d.<br>Words and music by Noel Coward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheet music:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dance-Little-Lady-1928.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Dance-Little-Lady - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-212b6f87-fa5c-43a9-8572-65d49e1deb03\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dance-Little-Lady-1928.pdf\">Dance-Little-Lady &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dance-Little-Lady-1928.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-212b6f87-fa5c-43a9-8572-65d49e1deb03\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-bd7012ff-6b65-4f94-bdb5-ed2d0b434772\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dance_Little_Lady_1928_Sir_Noel_Coward_s_JPP.mid\">Dance_Little_Lady &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dance_Little_Lady_1928_Sir_Noel_Coward_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-bd7012ff-6b65-4f94-bdb5-ed2d0b434772\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though you\u2019re only seventeen<br>Far too much of life you\u2019ve seen<br>Syncopated child<br>Maybe if you only knew<br>Where your path is leading to<br>You\u2019d become less wild<br>But I know it\u2019s vain trying to explain<br>While there\u2019s this insane music in your brain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>Dance, dance, dance, little lady<br>Youth is fleeting to the rhythm<br>Beating in your mind<br>Dance, dance, dance, little lady<br>So obsessed with second best<br>No rest you\u2019ll ever find<br>Time and tide and trouble<br>Never, never wait<br>Let the cauldron bubble<br>Justify your fate<br>Dance, dance, dance, little lady<br>Dance, dance, dance, little lady<br>Leave tomorrow behind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the saxophone gives a wicked moan<br>Charleston, Hey, hey<br>Rhythms fall and rise<br>Start dancing to the tune the band\u2019s crooning<br>For soon the night will be gone<br>Start swaying like a reed without heeding<br>The speed that hurries you on<br>Nigger melodies syncopate your nerves<br>Till your body curves<br>Drooping, stooping, laughter some day dies<br>And when the lights are starting to gutter<br>Dawn through the shutter shows you\u2019re living<br>In a world of lies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>Dance, dance, dance, little lady<br>Youth is fleeting to the rhythm<br>Beating in your mind<br>Dance, dance, dance, little lady<br>So obsessed with second best<br>No rest you\u2019ll ever find<br>Time and tide and trouble<br>Never, never wait<br>Let the cauldron bubble<br>Justify your fate<br>Dance, dance, dance, little lady<br>Dance, dance, dance, little lady<br>Leave your troubles behind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QJ0E6sv8lRw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] From the 1928 revue \u201cThis Year of Grace\u201d.Words and music by Noel Coward. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics Though you\u2019re only seventeenFar too much of life you\u2019ve seenSyncopated childMaybe if you only knewWhere your path &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dance-little-lady\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dance, Little Lady&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3170","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-P8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3170"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5050,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3170\/revisions\/5050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}