Ten Cents a Dance-Maggie Preece

[ti:Ten Cents A Dance] [ar:Maggie Preece] [al:Isn't It Romantic - Maggie Preece Sings Richard Rodgers] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ten Cents A Dance - Maggie Preece [00:12.57]I work at the Palace ballroom [00:15.54] [00:16.30]But gee that palace is cheap [00:19.30] [00:20.29]When I get back to my chillly hallroom [00:23.68]I'm much too tired to sleep [00:26.66] [00:27.31]I'm one of those lady teachers [00:30.96] [00:31.62]A beautiful hostess you know [00:35.27]One that the palace features at exactly a dime a throw [00:44.47] [00:48.06]Ten cents a dance that's what they pay me [00:53.18] [00:53.72]Gosh how they weigh me down [00:58.21] [00:58.81]Ten cents a dance pansies and rough guys [01:04.26]Tough guys who tear my gown [01:09.51]Seven to midnight I hear drums loudly the saxophone blows [01:20.52]Trumpets are tearing my ear-drums customers crush my toes [01:31.32] [01:32.01]Sometimes I think I've found my hero [01:37.28]But it's a queer romance [01:41.90] [01:42.48]All that you need is a ticket [01:47.43] [01:47.99]Come on big boy ten cents a dance [01:53.93] [01:55.12]Fighters and sailers and bow-legged tailors [01:58.71]Can pay for their tickets and rent me [02:01.55] [02:02.66]Butchers and barbers and rats from the harbours [02:05.90]Are sweethearts my good luck has sent me [02:09.04] [02:09.62]Thought I've a chorus of elderly bows [02:13.34]Stockings are porous with holes at the toes [02:17.15]I'm here till closing time [02:20.95]Dance and be merry it's only a dime [02:26.48] [02:28.31]Sometimes I think I've found my hero [02:33.90]But it's a queer romance [02:39.14]All that you need is a ticket [02:43.89] [02:44.50]Come on big boy ten cents a dance [02:50.19] [02:51.01]Fighters and sailers and bow-legged tailors [02:53.87]Can pay for their tickets and rent me [02:56.90]Butchers and barbers and rats from the harbours [02:59.29]Are sweethearts my good luck has sent me [03:02.72]Thought I've a chorus of elderly bows [03:05.63]Stockings are porous with holes at the toes [03:09.11]I'm here till closing time [03:12.69]Dance and be merry it's only a dime [03:18.22] [03:20.03]Sometimes I think I've found my hero [03:26.33]But it's a queer romance [03:32.67]All that you need is a ticket [03:38.42] [03:39.61]Come on big boy ten cents a dance