(Harlem’s newest dance senstaion)
A popular song from 1929
Words by Andy Razaf
Music by Thomas Waller
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Tan Town has a low down treat
Red hot dance that can’t be beat
When you see it you will feel elastic
Got a special name for it
Funny but it seems to fit
Watch the way we do this new fantastic
Chorus
Any time you introduce the Zonky
Start to cuttin’ loose, get honky-tonky
It’s a good excuse to let your feelin’ run wild
Shake your feet a-plenty, don’t be haughty
Work ’em double twenty, that means forty
Make a noisy entry, act just like a big child
Got such
Well, you know what I want to say
Hot? Much?
That tempo sure is tight that way
I will bet a dime against a donut
Other dances they may come and go, but
When you learn the Zonky
You will want it to stay