An Hour Never Passes
Composer(s): Jimmy Kennedy
Performer(s): Ambrose Orch.
and multiple other artists



An hour never passes but I think of you
An hour never passes but I miss you too
Every day from dawning till the moon rides low
You’re beside me darling everywhere I go
An hour never passes, the clock never chimes
But I keep recalling those old happy times
Without my prayer for you in each lonely sigh
An hour never passes by

Without my prayer for you in each lonely sigh
An hour never passes by

Dance With My Father
Composer(s): Richard Marx; Luther Vandross
Originally performed by: Luther Vandross
Covered by various other artists



Back when I was a child 
before life removed all the innocence
My father would lift me high 
and dance with my mother and me and then
Spin me around 'til I fell asleep
Then up the stairs he would carry me
And I knew for sure I was loved
If I could get another chance, another walk, another dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end

How I'd love, love, love
To dance with my father again
When I and my mother would disagree
To get my way, I would run from her to him
He'd make me laugh just to comfort me
Then finally make me do just what my mama said
Later that night when I was asleep
He left a dollar under my sheet
Never dreamed that he would be gone from me
If I could steal one final glance, one final step, one final dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end

'Cause I'd love, love, love
To dance with my father again
Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
And I'd hear how my mother cried for him
I pray for her even more than me
I pray for her even more than me
I know I'm praying for much too much
But could you send back the only man she loved
I know you don't do it usually
But dear Lord she's dying
To dance with my father again
Every night I fall asleep and this is all I ever dream

An Everlasting Love
Composer(s): Barry Gibb
Performer(s): Andy Gibb



I've been here all your life
Watching your crying game
You were the heaven in my lonely world
And he was your sun
And your rain
I was losing you before
I ever held you tight
Before you ever held me in your arms
And I won't make you blue
And maybe an everlasting love will do

Ah, we got an everlasting love
So tall, so wide, so high
Above the rumble of thunder down below
It's your love I need,
It's the only show
And it's you want an everlasting dream
Can take us anywhere are the tears of yesterday
We killed the pain,
We blew away the memories
Of the tears we cried
And an everlasting love will never die

Take me out of the cold, give me what I've hungered for
If it's the pleasure of taking
My heart that you need, then it only makes me
Love you more
I was yours before
The stars were born and you were mine
I could have saved you all the pain you knew
And I won't make you cry
And maybe an everlasting love can try

Dance With Me Henry
Composer(s): Hank Ballard; Etta James; Johnny Otis
Performer(s): Georgia Gibbs
and various other artists



(Hey, baby, what do I have to do)
(To make a hit with you)

You gotta dance with me Henry (All right, baby)
Dance with me Henry (Don't mean maybe)
Rock with me Henry (Any old time)
Talk to me Henry (Don't change your mind)
Dance with me Henry (All right)
You better dance while the music goes on
Roll on, roll on, roll on

While the cats are ballin' (Roll on, roll on)
You better stop your stallin' (Roll on, roll on)
Its intermission in a minute (Roll on, roll on)
So you better get with it (Roll on, roll on)
Dance with me Henry (Roll on, roll on)
You better dance while the music goes on
Roll on, roll on, roll on

Oooo-ooo-ooo-wee
Henry, you aint movin' me
You better feel that boogie beat
And get the lead out of your feet

You gotta dance with me Henry
Dance with me Henry
Rock with me Henry
Talk to me Henry
Dance with me Henry
You better dance while the music goes on

Roll, roll, roll
Roll, roll, roll
Rock, rock, rock
Rock, rock, rock
Roll, roll, roll
Roll on, roll on, roll on

Rock with me Henry (All right, baby)
Dance with me Henry (Don't mean maybe)
Rock with me Henry (Any old time)
Dance to me Henry (Don't change your mind)
Jump with me Henry (All right)
You better dance, dance while the music goes on

Rock!

The Eriskay Love Lilt
Composer(s): Kennedy Frazer
Performer(s): The Seekers



Vair me o ro van o
Vair me o ro ven ee
Vair me o ru o ho
Sad I am without thee

When I'm lonely, dear white heart
Black the night and wild the sea
By love's light my foot finds
The old pathway to thee

Vair me o ro van o
Vair me o ro ven ee
Vair me o ru o ho
Sad I am without thee

Thou'rt the music of my heart
Harp of joy, o cuit mo chridh
Moon of guidance by night
Strength and light thou'rt to me

Vair me o ro van o
Vair me o ro ven ee
Vair me o ru o ho
Sad I am without thee

Dance With Me
Composer(s): Lewis Lebish - Jerry Leiber - Irving Nahan - Mike Stoller - George Treadwell
First release by: The Drifters - 1959
Covered by multiple other artists



(Dance with me, dance with me, dance with me, dance with me) 

(Dance with me), oh-oh hold me closer, closer and closer 
Much closer while the music plays, oh, my little darlin', won'tya 
(Dance with me), oh-oh hold me tighter, tighter and tighter 
Much tighter while the rhythm sways 

Put your lips to mine while the rhythm sways 
We're no longer strangers 
Now we're more than friends so-o-o 

(Dance with me), dance with me closer, closer and closer 
And maybe we'll be lovers when the music ends 

(Doot-doot) (Dance with me) 
(Doot-doot) (Dance with me) 
(Doot-doot) (Dance with me) 
(Doot-doot) (Dance with me) 

(Dance with me), dance with me closer, closer and closer 
And maybe we'll be lovers when the music ends 

(Doot-doot) (Dance with me) 
(Doot-doot) (Dance with me) 
(Doot-doot) (Dance with me) 
(Doot-doot) (Dance with me) 

(Doot-doot) (Dance with me)

An Englishman In The U.S.A.
Composer(s): Les Davidson - Leo Sayer
Performer(s): Leo Sayer



Rambling around your city streets
I feel no earth below my feet
And I feel my life is crumbling into the sea
But I can't swim three thousand miles
So all I have is lonely nights
I'm an Englishman lost in the U.S. of A.
And it's a long way back home
Such a long way back home
And I'm wondering
Where am I gonna go
Lines dead, operators gone
And now the fear is coming on
And I hear my love wondering where have I gone
So I'm gambling my bucks for pounds
Yeah, but Lady Luck just won't come around
For an Englishman who is stuck in the U.S. of A.
And it's a long way back home
Such a long way back home
Oh I'm wondering will I ever get away

So here I am and there are you
Where wishful thoughts don't serve no use
And all the worrying in the world won't pull me through
So I think of love that might have been
And an airline ticket that's like a dream
For an Englishman who is lost in the U.S. of A.
Such a long way from home
Such a long way from home
And I'm wondering, I'm wondering
Will I ever get to
I'm a long way, a long way
A long way back home
I've been wondering
Will I ever get to go, yeah

Yeah I'm waiting for you to take me home
C'mon baby
And I'm waiting for you to take me home
Yes I'm waiting for you to take me home
Take me home

Take me home

Dance With Me
((French Version: C'est La Nuit (Joe Dassin))
Composer(s): John Hall - Johanna Hall
First release by: Orleans - 1974



Dance with me, I want to be your partner
Can't you see the music is just starting?
Night is falling, and I am calling
Dance with me

Fantasy could never be so giving
I feel free, I hope that you are willing
Pick your feet up, and kick your feet up
Dance with me

Let it lift you off the ground
Starry eyes, and love is all around 
I can take you where you want to go

Dance with me, I want to be your partner
Can't you see the music is just starting?
Night is falling, and I am calling
Dance with me

Let it lift you off the ground
Starry eyes, and love is all around 
I can take you where you want to go

Fantasy could never be so giving
I feel free, I hope that you are willing
To pick your feet up, kick your feet up
And dance with me

Dance with me, I want to be your partner
Can't you see the music is just starting?
Night is falling, and I am calling
Dance with me

Dance with me

Dance with me

An Englishman In New York
Composer(s): Lol Creme - Kevin Godley
Performer(s): Godley & Creme



Demented New York athletes staggering round the block
Deforned Chicanos pour in, Chicago's rolling stock
Digital bathrooms drilling for furs
Surgical stockings marked his and hers
Guggenheim attitudes back to back
With Jewish Baroque
No way street
No way street
Happy to see you, have a nice day!
Defecting Russian dancers dance into Hockney prints
Exclusive to Bloomingdales, gift-wrapped in red
From the land of blue rinse
They boggle at menus in Olde English verse
"Ode to burger" by Keats at his worst
The hissing of omelettes the breaking of legs
Don't shoot till you see the whites of their eggs
The pink fillet mignon looks black on the negs
Strange apparatus
You've never seen
Strange apparatus, even stranger theme
Street alligators
Big Anglophile
Will navigate us through a change of style
I came, I saw, what manner of beast is this
New York, you talk a little bit left of centre
A scream, a shout
New York is throwing its weight about
Walk tall, walk straight, spit the world right in the eye
The stranger the wood the straighter the arrow
Dismembered hopeful My-Lai veterans queuing for sleaze
"Sorry no dogs, no fags, no shriners, and no amputees"
Sexual athlete applies for audition
Willing to make it in any position
Just one of the extras with blood on their faces
In snow-white and the seven basket cases
I'm happy and dopey and dirty in places
No way street
No way street
Lock up your daughters, Avon crawling!
Devoted collectors of paraphernalia out walking the rock
Battle and bitch for the ultimate kitch
of a crucifix clock
Two miniature romans, running on rails
Appear every hour and bang in the nails
I've got to have it, Christ, I gotta be the first
on our block
Disturbing facts about Nazi splinter groups seen on the news
They're picketing synagogues and claiming that
Hitler was King of the Jews
Caught in the tunnel an ambulance howls
A men's room attendant is flapping his jowls
Ssshh, Howard Johnson is moving his bowels
Strange apparatus
You've never seen
Strange apparatus, even stranger theme
Street alligators
Big Anglophile
Will navigate us through a change of style
Strange apparatus
You've never seen
Strange apparatus, even stranger theme
Walk straight, walk tall, spit the world right in the eye
The stranger the wood, the straighter the arrow
No way street
No way street

Dance With A Dolly
Composer(s): Terry Shand; Jimmy Eaton; Mickey Leader
Performer(s): Russ Morgan
and various other artists



As I was walkin' down the street
Down the street, down the street
I met somebody who was mighty sweet
Mighty fair to see

I asked her would she like to have a talk
Have a talk, make some talk
All the fellows standin' on the walk
Wishin' they were me

Mama, Mama, let me dress up tonight
Dress up tonight, dress up tonight
I've got a secret, gonna 'fess up tonight
Gonna dance by the light of the moon

Gonna dance with a dolly with a hole in her stockin'
While our knees keep a-knockin' and our toes keep a-rockin'
Dance with a dolly with a hole in her stockin'
Dance by the light of the moon

Mama, Mama, put the cat out tonight
Cat out tonight, cat out tonight
Worked all day, I'm gonna scat out tonight
And I won't be home until dawn

Gonna dance with a dolly with a hole in her stockin'
While our knees keep a-knockin' and our toes keep a-rockin'
Dance with a dolly with a hole in her stockin'
Dance by the light of the moon

Gonna dance by the light of the moon
Dance by the light of the moon
By the light of the moon

An Empty Cup (And A Broken Date)
Composer(s): Roy Orbison - Norman Petty
Performer(s): Buddy Holly; The Teen Kings



One lonely night - at this drive-in
and now I know - what a fool I’ve been
She was to meet me (an empty cup, a broken date)
we had a date (a broken date, an empty cup)
a date at seven - I dreamed of heaven
now it’s way past eight
She just drove by - with another guy
no wonder I can’t help but cry
To think she never cared - just tears me up
now all I have to show for love - is this empty cup
Just like this Coke - my love is gone
I’ve hit the bottom - now I’m all alone 

Dance Wit' Me
Composer(s): Rick James
Performer(s): Rick James



(Happy, party voices)
 
Pretty little thing
Girl, you're lookin' fine
Hey, I wonder can you spare a minute
Of your precious time

I really would like to know yah
If you want me to, tell me, baby
Maybe I can discuss it
Over a dance with you
When I'm dancin' with you, baby, now, now

(Dance with me)
Shake your body all over me, woman, dance
(Dance with me)
Dance, dance with me, baby

Dance with me, woman
(Shake it up, shake it up now, baby)
(Shake it up, shake it up now, baby)
Dance with me, woman, with me, woman
(Shake it up, shake it up now, baby)
(Shake it up, shake it up now, baby)

Pretty little thing
I wish that you were mine, yeah
You know every move to make with your body
And you do it fine, do it fine

Dancing with you, girl, like this
Is `bout to cause a fire, yeah
Look at me I'm soakin' wet
Like I was in a shower
When I'm dancin' with you, baby, now, now

(Dance with me)
Shake your body all over me, woman, dance
(Dance with me)
Dance, baby, dance with me, baby

Dance with me, woman
(Shake it up, shake it up now, baby)
(Shake it up, shake it up now, baby)
Dance with me, woman, with me, woman
(Shake it up, shake it up now, baby)
(Shake it up, shake it up now, baby 
Party, baby

Ooh, ooh, ooh
Where's the party {Party over here}
Say what? {Party over there}

Ooh, ooh, ooh
Where's the party {Party over here}
Say what? {Party over there}

Wooh

(Shake it up, shake it up now, baby)
Dance with me, woman, with me, woman
(Shake it up, shake it up now, baby)
Party, baby

Hoo

(Shake it up)
(Shake it up)
Shake your body all over me, woman
(Shake it up)
Dance with me, dance with me, woman, dance with me
(Shake it up)
Woman, dance
(Shake it up)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Shake it up)

Woman, just dance with me
Woman, just dance with me
Baby, just dance with me
Sugar, just dance with me
Blow, boys

Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop

Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop

Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop

Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop

Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop

Blow, Danny
Blow, Danny
Blow, Danny
Blow, Danny

Blow, Danny
Blow, Danny
Blow, Danny
Blow, Danny

An Cailín Gaelach
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Maighread Ní Dhomnaill



B'aite liom féin a bheith 'r thaoibh mhalaidh shléibhe
'Gus cailín Gaelach a bheith 'mo chóir
Bheinn dá bréagadh is a' teannadh léithe
'Gus dar liom féin 'riú gur dheas ar ndóigh

'G éirí domh féin ar maidin an lae ghil
'S mé ag gabháil fán choill chraobhaigh is mé ag seoladh bó
Tharlaigh domh 'n spéirbhean 'na suí ar a' léana
'S a fallaing léithe is í lán de chnódhann'

D'fhiafair mé daoithe go ciúin 's go céillí
An nglacfaidh tú póg uaim, a stór mo chroí?
D'fhoscail sí a béilín 'gus labhair sí
Béarla Sé dúirt sí: Pray, sir, and let me be

'S maith an airí ar na buaibh s sanntú
'Gus bheinnse dá seoladh amuigh sa lá
Im agus bainne ghil ar theacht an tsamhraidh
'S mar gheall ar bhólacht a phóstar mná

Dance To The Music
Composer(s): Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart
Performer(s): Sly & The Family Stone



Cynthia: Get up and dance to the music!
Get on up and dance to the fonky music!
All: Dance to the Music 
Dance to the Music
Freddie: Hey Greg!
Greg: What?
Freddie: All we need is a drummer, for people who only need a beat
I'm gonna add a little guitar and make it easy to move your feet
Larry: I'm gonna add some bottom, so that the dancers just won't hide
Sly: You might like to hear my organ playing "Ride Sally Ride"
You might like to hear the horns blowin', Cynthia on the throne, yeah!
Cynthia & Jerry got a message they're sayin' 
Cynthia: All the squares, go home!
All: Dance to the Music 
Dance to the Music

An Awful Thing To Waste
Composer(s): Rick Davies
Performer(s): Supertramp



You say that you could do with a break
Had about all you can take
You need to find somewhere you can run to

Somewhere a long way from here
Somewhere where the skies are all clear
Somewhere you can think all your thoughts through

It took a long time to make me understand
You gotta meet life and shake it by the hand
You gotta use your emotion
You talk a nice line to put your mind at ease
You want to sit back and count your memories
But that's no solution

I don't want to harp about it
But what you gonna do about it?

Look at how you're set in your ways
You used to be so willing to face
Any kind of problem before you
Life is not as long as you think
Open up your mind and you'll see
Don't destroy yourself I implore you

You've got a fine wife, a perfect family
You had it all planned to live so carefully
But where does it get you
They say the mind is an awful thing to waste
And that's a fact that you must come to face
What more can I tell you?

I don't want to harp about it
But what you gonna do about it?

You have everything that you need
You only have to try to succeed
And realize it's all waiting for you
Living life this way is a bust
If you have to suffer you must
Don't you know we want to applaud you

Dance To The Bop
Composer(s): Floyd Edge
Performer(s): Gene Vincent
and various other artists



Well there's a little juke joint on the outside of town
Where the cats pick 'em up and lay 'em down
You get your gal, I'll get mine
And we'll get together and we'll have a good time

We'll dance a little bit to the bop, to the bop
Dance a little bit to the bop
Well dance a little bit to the bop
Well now dance to the rock 'n' roll

Yeah now, dance, dance, dance
Well, dance, dance, dance
Yeah now, dance, dance, dance
Well, dance, dance, dance
Well now dance, well dance to the rock 'n' roll 
(Now got it, git it)

Well the cats come rockin' in two by two
Some come single like me and you
Dancin' to the bop is their delight
Well when thet get right, they'll dance all night

They'll dance a little bit to the bop, to the bop
Dance a little bit to the bop
Dance a little bit to the bop
Well now dance to the rock 'n' roll

Yeah now, dance, dance, dance
Well, dance, dance, dance
Yeah now, dance, dance, dance
Well, dance, dance, dance
Well now dance, well dance to the rock 'n' roll
(Yeah, now rock it)

Yeah...We'll dance a little bit to the bop, to the bop
Dance a little bit to the bop
Dance a little bit to the bop
Well now dance to the rock 'n' roll

Yeah now, dance, dance, dance
Well, dance, dance, dance
Now, dance, dance, dance
Well, dance, dance, dance
Well now dance, well now dance to the rock 'n' roll

An Arm's Length From You
Composer(s): Jim Stewart - Wynn Stewart
Performer(s): Wynn Stewart



I'm just a smile away from crying
Whenever I'm this close to you
Just a touch away from heartache
Just an arm's length from you

I'm just a step away from sadness
A memory away from blue
A happy moment away from lonesome
Just an arm's length from you

Though I know it would be heaven
While my arms were holding you
I'm afraid you'd only leave me
I'm just a kiss from missing you

So close to something, right next to nothing
And you know how I love you
And you know you'll always find me
Just an arm's length from you

Dance Ti' Thy Daddy
Performer(s): Robert DeCormier



Dance ti´ thy daddy, sing ti´ thy mammy
Dance ti´ thy daddy, ti´ thy mammy sing

Come here, maw little Jacky
Now aw´ve smok´d mi backy
Let's hav a bit o´cracky
Till the boat comes in

Thou shall hev a fishy on a little dishy
Thou shall hev a fishy when the boat comes in

Here´s thy mother humming
Like a canny woman
Yonder comes thy father
Drunk... he cannot stand

Thou shall hev a fishy on a little dishy
Thou shall hev a haddock when the boat comes in

Our Tommy's always fuddling
He's so fond of ale
But he's kind to me
I hope he'll never fail

Thou shall hev a fishy on a little dishy
Thou shall hev a mackerel when the boat comes in

I like a drop mysel´
When I can ge it sly
And thou, my bonny bairn
Will lik´t as well as I

Thou shall hev a fishy on a little dishy
Thou shall hev a salmon when the boat comes in

An Apple For The Teacher
Composer(s): Johnny Burke - James V. Monaco
Performer(s): Linda Ware & Bing Crosby
and multiple other artists



An apple for the teacher
That seems the thing to do
Because I want to learn
About romance from you
An apple for the teacher
To show I'm meek and mild
If you insist on saying
That I'm just a problem child
You'll get all my attention
Your wish will be my rule
And maybe you'll be good to me
And keep me after school
An apple for the teacher
That's how I'd better start
Then after while you may give in
And let me bring my heart

An apple for the teacher
Will always do the trick
When you don't know
Your lesson in arithmetic
An apple for the teacher
Will meet with great success
If you forgot to memorize
The Gettysburg Address
A little bit of glamour
A charm that's cute and quaint
And he'll excuse your grammar
And believe you're what you ain't
You may be just a lemon
But he'll think you're a peach
Just bring an apple for the teacher
When he starts to teach

Dance This Mess Around
Composer(s): Kate Pierson; Fred Schneider;
Keith Strickland; Cindy Wilson; Ricky Wilson
Performer(s): The B-52's; Asylum Street Spankers



Remember when you held my hand
Remember when you were my man
Walk talk in the name of love
Before you break my heart
Think it over, think it over
Roll it over in your mind

Why don't you dance with me
I'm not no Limburger
Just a Limburger

Dance his mess around
Dance this mess around, 'round, 'round

Everybody goes to parties
They dance this mess around
They do the Shu-ga-loo
Do the Shy Tuna
Do the Camel Walk
Do the Hip-o-crit

Ah-Hippy Hippy forward Hippy Hippy
Hippy Shake, Hippy Shake

Oh-it's time to do 'em right
Hey now, don't that make you feel a whole lot better?
Huh?
I say, don't that make you feel a whole lot better?

What you say?
I'm just askin'

Shake-Bake-Shake-Bake

Everybody goes to parties
They dance this mess around
They do all 16 dances
Do the Coo-ca-choo
Do the Aqua-velva
Do the Dirty Dog
Do the Escalator

Ah-Hippy Hippy forward Hippy Hippy
Hippy Shake, Hippy Shake

It's time to do 'em right
Hey! Fred, now don't that make you feel a whole lot better now?
Huh?

Say, don't that make you feel a whole lot better?

What you say?
I'm just askin'

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Stop!
Dance on over
Yeah, yeah

Dance, dance, dance this mess around

Shake, shake-a-bake shake
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Dance this mess around
Yeah, yeah, yeah ...