The Angle-Worm Wiggle

A popular song from 1910.
Words by Maynard Schwartz.
Music by Harry S. Lorch.


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. I’ll slide that Cubanola Glide
    But that’s no ecstasy
    I’m getting tired of dancing
    To that Mendelssohn strain
    It has lost its charm for me
    Out in San Francisco there’s the “Grizzly bear”
    They dance it everywhere that’s true
    But there’s a little movement, honey
    I will show to you

Chorus
Oh, babe, tell it to me
Can you do the angle-worm wiggle with me?
When I dance that wiggling dance
I simply have to giggle with glee
So, hold me tight, don’t you let me fall
Sway me round the hall
To that angle-worm crawl
Oh, babe, tell it to me
Can you do that angle-worm wiggle with me?

  1. Don’t tease, I like to hug and squeeze
    But not just now my hon’
    Oh, please don’t kiss me
    Like you would your mother, no more
    Kissing that way is no fun
    When we’re out in ‘Frisco we will have the “Bear”
    But, I don’t care to swing it now
    Oh, there’s that little movement honey
    Let me show you how

Sung here by Vancha March: