A popular song from 1945
Words and music by Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
‘Ring-around-a-rosy maybe
Something for a tiny baby
But I own up, I’m a grownup who
Would like to ring-around-a-rosy, too
Chorus
I’ll dance rings around you
‘Twon’t be hard ’cause since I’ve found you
I’ve been dancing around in circles
I’ll dance rings around you
Yes, until the very ground you walk on
Turns to a great big circle
Let me be your permanent caller
‘Companied by a band
Watch the ring grow smaller and smaller
‘Till it fits the finger of your hand
And watch that family circle
Grow from year to year
Dancing rings around you, dear
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: