The Polka Dot Polka

Written for: The Gang's All Here (1943)
Lyric: Leo Robin
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1943
Original publisher: Twentieth Century Music Corporation, rights controlled by Triangle Music Corporation

Chorus:

Listen, "Gate,"
It was great
Back in eighteen eighty,
When your old Aunt Katie
Did the polka.
People say
In that day,
It was too, too shocking
When she showed her stocking
In the polka.
Bye and bye,
Ev'ry guy
Wore a tie with polka dots,
When he'd sigh, "Darling, what's your answer?"
In her polka-dotted gown,
She would hate to turn him down,
So, she'd say, "Mister Brown, you're quite a dancer."
But, before the dance was through,
She would whisper, "I love you,"
While the band played "The Polka Dot Polka."

Interlude:

Yes, your old Aunt Katie
Was a sassy-looking lassie,
Back in eighteen eighty,
When a blowout was a ball,
And her heart went wacky
For a dapper whippersnapper,
When he said, "By cracky,
You're the sweetest girl of all."
In the old Masonic hall,
When a blowout was a ball,
When a joint was just a bone,
And a chiseler worked in stone,
And a ham was served with eggs,
And a wolf had two more legs.

[Chorus]