From the musical “Watch Your Step”, 1914
words and music by Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Where can we go to pass the time away?
I know a very lively cabaret
You’ll have to lead me to it, I’m a jay
Show me the sight of it
I’ll make a night of it
Let’s go ’round and take in the show
I’m with you wherever you go
Chorus
Let’s go ’round the town
And where a band is playing
We’ll go hip-hurrah-ing
And we’ll turn things upside down
Our heads will grow dizzy
Keeping headwaiters busy, I promise you
We’ll discover places that Columbus never found
Come on and drown your troubles
In champagne bubbles
While we’re going around the town
- I’d like to go and see the town a bit
I’d like to be where they’re all doing it
I’d like to listen to the latest hit
I’d run a mile or two just for a smile or two
Let’s go where they gladden the heart
I’m with you whenever you start
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: